Al-Zubaidi refuses Saudi invitation to attend “Presidential Council” meeting 

RIYADH, June 19 (YPA) – Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, president of the pro-UAE Southern Transitional Council (STC) in southern Yemen, suspended on Monday his attendance at meetings of the “Presidential Leadership Council”, of which he is a member.

A prominent journalist in the Council, Muhammad Al-Noud, reported that Al-Zubaidi refused a Saudi invitation to participate in a new meeting of the Presidential Council to be arranged in Riyadh.

The reasons for Al-Zubaidi’s boycott of the council’s meetings and its duration were not clarified, but its timing indicates that it is an attempt by Al-Zubaidi to press for new gains, especially since it comes a day after a video meeting he held with the STC’s presidium.

It is noteworthy that Al-Zubaidi has been placed under house arrest in Saudi Arabia since he was summoned against the backdrop of his escalation in Hadramout province, eastern Yemen, months ago.

YPA