"On Friday, Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes on a military camp held by the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in eastern Yemen's Hadramout province. According to a report by the news agency AFP, the at least seven strikes killed seven people and injured dozens. Mohammed Abdulmalik, who heads the Southern Transitional Council in Wadi Hadramout and Hadramout Desert, said a ground attack was repelled."
"In December, the STC gained control over government-controlled territory in Hadramout, Mahra and Aden. In response to the advance, Yemen's government officially asked Saudi Arabia for support against the STC and in its efforts to take back lost military positions. On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia targeted a shipment of weapons allegedly sent by the United Arab Emirates in the port of Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout. The Saudi government claimed that it was destined for the STC. However, Abu Dhabi has denied sending weapons."
Saudi warplanes struck an STC-held military camp in eastern Hadramout, killing seven and injuring dozens, while a reported ground attack was repelled. The strikes escalated tensions between the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council. Salem al-Khanbashi, the region's new governor and commander of the Homeland Shield Forces, had pledged the operation was not a declaration of war while being tasked with 'Takeover of Camps.' The STC had recently seized territory in Hadramout, Mahra and Aden, prompting the Yemeni government to request Saudi support. Saudi forces also targeted an alleged UAE weapons shipment to Mukalla, which Abu Dhabi denies.
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