STC’s escalation indicates to US-Israeli support in Sanaa confrontation
ADEN, Dec. 10 (YPA) – A clear shift in the speech of Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, head the pro-UAE Southern Transitional Council (STC) and a member of the pro-coalition Presidential Leadership Council in Yemen, has carried firm signs of escalation against Sanaa.
After years in which Al-Zubaidi continued to link his existence with the project of what he called “restoring the state of the south”, he has appeared today in a completely different language, talking about the “liberation of the North”, military progress towards Sanaa, and the protection of international navigation.
This radical shift cannot be understood outside the context of the arrangements witnessed in the region in light of the American and Israeli movements in the Red Sea, in clear attempts to reformulate the map of influence in Yemen, through regional and local tools, and push it to confront Sanaa on behalf of the United States and the Israeli occupation.
Al-Zubaidi’s statements and his meeting today with the Saudi-led coalition-appointed governor of Bayda may explain the real reasons behind what Saudi Arabia and the UAE are doing to rearrange the situation in the southern and eastern provinces of Yemen under the control of the coalition, and hand them over to the STC, which is intended to be part of a new scenario aimed at moving fronts against Sanaa.
Signs of the meeting with the governor of the White House today
Bayda province is of particular importance in this context, as it is located at the gate of Sanaa and represents a geographical node through which fronts can be opened that overlap with four northern provinces, so the re-highlighting of it by the STC clearly indicates that escalation is a possibility, and that the province may be the first flashpoint in any new confrontation being prepared for.
This impression is reinforced when Al-Zubaidi links his future role with the file of international navigation, a file that has long been associated with the movements of Washington and” Tel Aviv” in the Red Sea, and may enter directly into the context of the confrontation between the United States and “Israel” on the one hand and Sanaa on the other.
Data transmitted by the American Media
The talk about the existence of an American-“Israeli” plan towards Yemen is no longer just readings or speculation, but has turned into documented data quoted by international press reports, most notably what was posted by the American newspaper “The Cradle” in early November, which confirmed that the joint strategy of Washington and Tel Aviv after the Al-Aqsa flood operation, has become dependent on managing an indirect conflict in Yemen” through what it calls hybrid war using local forces alternative to direct ground intervention, which the US administration seems to be trying to avoid.
According to the report, the American priority in Yemen after regional developments is to protect “Israel” by limiting Sanaa’s missile and naval capabilities without entering into a wide field friction that could drag the United States into an open confrontation.
According to the newspaper, Washington has already begun to implement the terms of this strategy by doubling media operations, smear campaigns and psychological warfare, as well as moving local tools that get logistical and coordination support from both the United States and the UAE.
The newspaper reported that several Yemeni provinces witnessed during last October, a remarkable activity of the American–Emirati committee that took over the task of restructuring the local forces, especially the forces of the STC.
According to the newspaper, these moves came after high-level meetings between the commander of the US Central Command and the chief of staff of the Israeli army “Tel Aviv”.
Finally, the newspaper ended its report that the main goal of the United States, ”Israel” and the UAE from this intensive activity is to create a local ground force ready to move against Sanaa, along with the redistribution of influence in the provinces of southern Yemen, the West Coast and Mahra, in addition to tightening control over vital shipping lines and ports extending towards the Bab el-Mandeb strait, which has become today one of the most sensitive sea lanes in the world.
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