Southern Transitional Council

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The Southern Transitional Council (STC), also known as the South Arabian Transitional Council, is a Yemeni separatist political organization that formed in 2017 and it operated as a paramilitary force that held territory in southern Yemen until January 2026. Formed as a faction of the Southern Movement, it called for the secession of a proposed federal "State of South Arabia" from the rest of the nation along the borders of former South Yemen, with the name being inspired from the British-created Federation of South Arabia. The organization was backed by the United Arab Emirates. The council was led by the former governor of Aden Governorate, Aydarus al-Zubaydi, as chairman, with former minister of state and militant Salafi Islamist, Hani bin Burayk, as vice president. The formation of the council was authorized a week earlier by the "Historic Declaration", announced at a rally protesting the dismissal of al-Zubaydi from his post as governor. The STC, a major party to the Yemeni civil war...

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