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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry invites Yemen’s confederate factions to be a ‘dialogue’ successful Riyadh, arsenic internationally recognized authorities says troops advancing towards the cardinal larboard metropolis of Mukalla.

Published On 3 Jan 2026

  • Saudi Arabia welcomes Yemen’s internationally-recognised government’s petition to convene a league successful Riyadh for each factions to find a broad solution to the issue, arsenic the Saudi-led conjugation aerial strikes people positions held by the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) successful Hadramout province.
  • This comes arsenic the STC, which the United Arab Emirates backs, announced it plans to telephone a referendum connected independency for confederate Yemen.