Yemen is threatening to fracture even further, exposing a growing rift between Middle East powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The latest friction is among members of the

The Houthis’ stepped-up detentions of civil society and UN agency members has contributed to increasing the humanitarian aid crisis in Yemen, already one of the worst situations in the world.

Recent Saudi airstrikes against UAE-aligned separatists escalated tensions in southern Yemen. With Saudi Arabia and the UAE backing opposing factions, a return to fighting would most benefit the Houthis.

A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there.

Following the United States' recent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, terrorist organizations and extremist groups worldwide – from Iranian-backed militias to jihadi networks – have used this opportunity to denounce what they characterize as American aggression and lawlessness on the international stage.

A council fighting against Yemen's Houthi rebels said on Wednesday that it had expelled the leader of a separatist movement and charged him with treason after he reportedly declined to travel to Saudi Arabia for talks.

Hours after its leader's unexplained absence, the Southern Transitional Council said he was in Aden overseeing military and security operations. The leader of Yemen's southern separatists, Aidarous al-Zubaidi,

The Houthis, who control most of Yemen, issued a sharp warning to Tel Aviv after it formally recognised Somaliland, saying any Israeli presence in the breakaway Somalian region would be treated as a “military target”.

Southern Transitional Council chief Aidarous al-Zubaidi didn't board plane to Saudi Arabia with other official for talks, now said to have 'fled to an unknown location'