![Fighters with the Southern Transitional Council drive past a separatist flag in the southern city of Aden on Sunday [Saleh al-Obeidi/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/c2789d962e7e4a5486ede83174e243b8_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Both Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates would benefit from two weak states kept in perpetual conflict, expert says.
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi
![Vans drive past a billboard with posters of (L-R) Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Yemen's President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and President of the United Arab Emirates Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in Yemen's Aden [File: Fawaz Salman/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/026b9f90ed0c401eb00ed1ade92c3e9b_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Preliminary deal between Yemen government and southern separatists would bring separatists into a new cabinet.
![Easing Saudi-Houthi tensions and resolving the Aden crisis would bolster UN efforts to pave the way for political talks to end the war [Nabil Hasan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/967cdd30abc84fa198dfb5982c18e6fc_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
STC forces said an agreement to end the standoff in the southern city could be signed imminently.
![Southern separatist fighters have made gains in controlling Aden in recent months with the help of the UAE [File: Fawaz Salman/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/26dc9af535864ec8ba593a976e08b5ba_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
The Southern Transitional Council, backed by United Arab Emirates, is leading the separatist cause in...
![Earlier this week, the Security Belt, a militia aligned with the STC, wrested control of the southern port city following days of clashes with forces loyal to Hadi [Fawaz Salman/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a1549ce09c724aca89b2b522a2f129dd_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Deputy foreign minister calls on STC to hand over arms to government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Interior minister acknowledges defeat to UAE-backed southern separatists, accuses Riyadh of not protecting its allies.
![Fighters from the Security Belt, a militia aligned with UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, took control of various parts of Aden after four days of fighting [Nabil Hasan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1519b61582834088aaf4fe3497acd7bd_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Call comes hours after southern separatists in Aden take control of the presidential palace and government army’s camps.
![Sounds of gunfire echoed through the southern port city while smoke and fire could be seen rising from the Jebel Hadid area, part of the Crater district that houses the hilltop presidential palace [Fawaz Salman/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/b6e113666dcc4912b64b636dcea61d56_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
At least one person killed as fighting between southern separatists and government troops continues for second day.
![Bodyguards of Yemen's southern separatist leaders are seen on a vehicle during a funeral for Brigadier General Muneer al-Yafee killed in a Houthi missile attack in Aden [Fawaz Salman/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2e50e69530fe4a5bb75382d772666394_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
At least one person killed in clashes between presidential guards and UAE-backed southern separatists, witnesses say.
![President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi also warned his government would stop dealing with the UN envoy [File: Stina Stjernkvist/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/8f023a09114d42b5b85bf0a4fbe887aa_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
In a letter sent to UN chief, Hadi says Martin Griffiths threatens ‘prospects for a solution’ to the conflict.
![The 301-member parliament, elected in 2009, is split between Houthi supporters, government supporters and independents [Screengrab/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/3f3bf995b9d94dd5881b0406ed778eda_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
President-aligned parliamentarians gather in Sayoun, eastern Yemen, elect GPC’s Sultan al-Burkani as new speaker.
At least 60 people killed when prison facility bombed by Arab coalition in port city of Hodeidah.
![The conflict between exiled government and Houthi rebels created a power vacuum that was exploited by al-Qaeda [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/61c9935d18764d1db56cafab331f402f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
General Shallal Shayae escapes unharmed from the latest in series of attempts to kill him.
![On Sunday, hundreds of people in the city took to the streets protesting a months-long siege [File Photo: Anees Mahyoub/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/c43f2094c0ed468db4c7af98a89e4e2f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Talks between Houthi rebels and exiled government yet to begin as rebels accuse Arab coalition of air raids.