Pro-UAE STC calls on “Israel” to intervene to stop Saudi operations
QUDS, Jan. 06 (YPA) – The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation’s Kan 11 correspondent, Roi Kais, said that the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) has engaged in direct communication with the Israeli occupation, seeking to enlist Israeli pressure on Saudi Arabia to halt its military operations against STC-aligned factions in eastern and southern Yemen.
In a post on “X” platform on Monday, he cited remarks from a senior STC official, made to the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, in which the official called for urgent Israeli intervention to pressure Riyadh and deter what he described as “moves and adventures” aimed at curbing the council’s influence on the ground.
The newspaper cited the official, who requested anonymity, stating that the UAE could no longer confront Saudi Arabia directly, prompting the STC to seek alternative channels of pressure through Tel Aviv. The official also claimed that Saudi efforts to unify Yemen ultimately benefit the Houthi movement in Sanaa, asserting that Yemeni unity has effectively ceased to exist for nearly a decade.
In the context of future relations, the official renewed the issue of what he described as a political trade-off, stressing the adherence of STC’s head Aidarous al-Zubaidi to his previous pledges on full normalization with the Israeli occupation immediately after the declaration of the so-called “State of the South”, expressing the STC’s desire to join the “Brahimi agreements” as a new strategic ally in the region.
Observers note that the STC’s turn to Israeli occupation as a channel of pressure on Saudi Arabia reflects the diminishing effectiveness of the UAE’s regional backing in safeguarding its political and military influence, amid Saudi Arabia’s accelerated moves to curtail its presence in Yemen’s southern and eastern provinces.
Analysts also warned that this approach may carry significant political risks, potentially eroding the STC’s remaining popular support and placing it in direct confrontation with Riyadh, which regards such communications as a clear violation of red lines.
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