Overview
- Saudi-led forces said they hit targets at Mukalla port, citing two UAE ships and unloaded weapons and vehicles for separatists, with no casualties reported.
- The Presidential Council scrapped its defense pact with the UAE, ordered Emirati forces to leave within 24 hours, and imposed a 90-day emergency with a 72-hour air, sea and land blockade.
- Riyadh backed the withdrawal demand, labeled Emirati actions extremely dangerous, and urged Abu Dhabi to halt all military or financial support to any Yemeni side.
- The UAE announced it will withdraw remaining forces and dissolve anti-terror teams, described the move as voluntary, and denied arming the STC in the Mukalla shipment.
- The UAE-backed STC holds swaths of Hadramaut and neighboring areas and refuses to pull back, while four council members allied with Abu Dhabi rejected President Alimi’s decisions as unilateral, heightening fears of renewed southern fighting and secession push.