"The Saudi military on Thursday said Yemeni separatist leader Aidaros al-Zubidi fled to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Al-Zubidi, the leader of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), was accused of high treason and removed from the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council on Wednesday. His departure comes as the Saudi-led military steps us attacks in Yemen, after a fragile truce among the country's anti-Houthi factions was shaken in December when the STC began seizing swathes of territory."
""Reliable intelligence indicates that Aidaros Alzubidi and others have escaped in the dead of night," a statement from the Saudi-led coalition said. According to the statement, al-Zubidi sailed from Aden to Berbera in Somaliland, a breakaway region in the Horn of Africa. He then allegedly flew in a Russian-made Ilyushin plane to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, "under the supervision of UAE officers." From there, he is believed to have flown to a military airport in Abu Dhabi."
Aidarous al-Zubaidi fled to Abu Dhabi after being accused of high treason and removed from the Presidential Leadership Council. The Saudi military alleges he escaped from Aden by boat to Berbera in Somaliland, flew on a Russian-made Ilyushin to Mogadishu under alleged UAE officer supervision, then onward to a military airport in Abu Dhabi. Al-Zubaidi leads the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), which seized territory in December and fractured a fragile truce among anti-Houthi factions. The Presidential Council accused him of inciting armed rebellion and committing abuses against civilians in southern Yemen, while Saudi-led forces have increased attacks amid the dispute.
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