Saudi Arabia launched strikes on December 30 on military vehicles in Mukalla, Yemen, that it said the United Arab Emirates had illegally shipped there to support the separatist Southern Transitional Council in eastern Yemen - a claim the UAE denied.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday denied accusations of exerting pressure on Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) in a way that could risk the security of neighboring Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces

Rashad al Alimi, head of Yemen's presidential council, has ordered all United Arab Emirates forces to leave Yemen within 24 hours. This directive follows a Saudi-led coalition airstrike targeting foreign military support for UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council separatists at Mukalla port.

The south is approaching a decisive moment embodied by the declaration of a state, and this hope has become nearly complete,’ says head of STC’s National Assembly - Anadolu Ajansı

Yemen has been at war since Iran-backed Houthi rebels ousted the government in 2014, triggering a Saudi-led military intervention, but a new internal conflict has been brewing in recent weeks.The face-off involves rival armed factions loosely grouped under the government but separately backed by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Cautious calm and anticipation prevail in southern Yemen, as key parties await an announcement by the Southern Transitional Council on the fate of its forces in Hadramawt and Al-Mahra, amid the

Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council chief Rashad Al Alimi said the government had formally asked the Saudi-led coalition to take “immediate measures” to counter recent military moves by the Southern Transitional Council.