What’s at Stake as Separatists in Yemen Gain Ground

Yemen is already split between the Iran-backed Houthis who control much of the north and a fractious patchwork of anti-rebel groups in the internationally recognised government.

xDubai: UAE-backed south Yemeni separatists have taken control of vast new areas, rattling the anti-Houthi government and threatening to further divide a country fractured by more than a decade of civil war. Yemen is already split between the Iran-backed Houthis who control much of the north and a fractious patchwork of anti-rebel groups in the internationally recognised government. The separatists of the Southern Transitional Council are part of that anti-Houthi government, but their advances have raised fears that the group might secede in an effort to revive the once independent South Yemen. What is the S