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Yemeni president orders separatists to stop military operations

Separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces have control of large areas of southern Yemen [File: Fawaz Salman/Reuters]

The head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) Rashad al-Alimi has ordered United Arab Emirates-backed separatists to stop military operations in the country’s south.

The notice issued to the head of the Southern Transitional Council, and fellow council member, Aidarous al-Zubaidi, on Monday, and seen by Reuters, is an attempt by al-Alimi to step in and stop an STC campaign against rival factions within the government umbrella, including the Islah Party.

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