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Sanaa sends message to STC’s supporters in ‘Dhalea and Lahj’

SANAA, Jan. 13 (YPA) -In a striking political tone that extended beyond the southern arena, Sanaa sent a message to supporters of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Dhalea and Lahj, urging them to reconsider their positions and return to the national rank.

It emphasized that external threats do not distinguish between Yemenis and that the dangers facing the country affect all without exception.

The message was delivered by Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Ansarullah Political Bureau.

Al-Bukhaiti emphasized that Yemen has become the focal point of a broad external project targeting all its regions, from the northern highlands to the “Triangle Region” of Dhalea, Yafaʿa, and Radfan; an area he described as a solid core that has historically constituted an obstacle to any attempts at domination or occupation.

He affirmed the stark choice facing Yemenis today is to “arm themselves with awareness” by understanding the reality on the ground, paving the way for unity and a comprehensive liberation struggle stretching from Saada to Mahra.

Al-Bukhaiti said  that resolving this battle decisively would end Yemen’s suffering and restore Yemen’s civilizational, historical, and religious role in confronting the Zionist project in the region.

In his message, al-Bukhaiti said recent developments call for frankness with STC supporters—especially in Al-Dhalea, Lahj, Yafaʿa, and Radfan—stating that the STC’s project has no link to a “southern independent state.” He added that its actions reveal it as a “security company” serving occupation forces, rather than a movement for liberation or independence.

He explained that the STC’s project relies solely on foreign powers—a strategy he called dangerous, as it allows rivals to become similarly dependent. He cited 2019, when the STC defeated Islah within 24 hours with Emirati air support, before the roles reversed in 2025, when the STC lost to Islah at the same pace with Saudi air support.

Al-Bukhaiti warned that the STC’s reliance on expansionist states is dangerous, noting that the UAE aims to control Yemeni islands, ports, and resources, and to restrict Yemen’s strategic use of its location—particularly the port of Dubai.

According to Al-Bukhaiti, the Saudi ambitions are even graver and more dangerous, targeting Shabwa, Hadramout, and Mahra as part of an expansionist project aimed at reaching the Indian Ocean through long-term demographic changes.
He stressed that any genuine secessionist movement is rooted in national and pan-Arab identity. However, Yemeni unity, he argued, has pushed the STC to abandon this identity and even deny its connection to Yemen, despite the historical association of the name “Yemen” with the coasts of Aden and Abyan.

Al-Bukhaiti affirmed that the STC lacks a genuine independence agenda, instead showing a clear willingness to occupation and little sensitivity to the presence of foreign forces, whether Saudi, Emirati, American, or British, controlling Yemeni decision-making.

In closing his message, al-Bukhaiti outlined the STC for squandering the justice and legitimacy of the “Southern Cause,” originally founded on a historical grievance after the summer 1994 war—a war he said “we opposed and faced many threats.”
He added that the STC has committed heinous crimes, especially against people from the northern governorates, for regional reasons far exceeding those of the Afash regime.

In concluding his message, al-Bukhaiti criticized the STC for squandering the justice and legitimacy of the “Southern Cause,” originally founded on a genuine historical grievance after the summer 1994 war—a war he said “we opposed and for which we faced many threats.”

He argued that the STC has committed heinous crimes, particularly against people from the northern governorates, for regional reasons much greater than those committed by the Afash regime.

 

 

@E.Y.M

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