Overview
- The coalition said it carried out roughly 15 early-morning 'preventive' airstrikes in Dhale province after accusing STC chief Aidarus al-Subaidi of mobilizing armored units and weapons.
- Coalition statements accused al-Subaidi of treason and crimes against civilians, framing the strikes as intended to prevent an escalation.
- Coalition accounts report al-Subaidi left Yemen by boat to Somaliland, flew to Mogadishu, then continued to Abu Dhabi under UAE officers, while the UAE and the STC offered no comment.
- The STC said al-Subaidi had been ordered under threat to travel to Riyadh, and it confirmed a senior delegation went to the Saudi capital without him.
- Authorities reported 179 stranded tourists were flown from Socotra to Jeddah with more flights planned, as clashes and travel disruptions continued in southern Yemen.