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Yemen’s Anti-Houthi Separatists Expand Territory, Threatening Houthi Control

The Southern Transitional Council (STC) of Yemen, a group of separatists who have largely been aligned with the internationally-recognized government of Yemen ever since it was deposed by Houthi insurgents in 2014, has marched its fighters into another province — taking more territory away from its erstwhile allies and stoking fears of a renewed civil war.

Yemenis members of the Sabahiha tribes of Lahj, who live along the strip between the south