Yemen's 'Separatists': A Convenient Label for US-Saudi Imperial Failures
Al Jazeera reports that a 'Yemeni separatist group claims broad control of the south,' including Aden, the 'base of the Saudi-backed and internationally-recognised government.' What they gloss over is *how* the Southern Transitional Council (STC) gained such prominence. The STC, an entity backed by the UAE, became a significant force amidst the relentless, US-supported Saudi bombardment. The US
has provided billions in weapons, maintenance, and logistical support to the Saudi coalition since 2015, directly enabling the war that destabilized Yemen to this point. (Source: Arms Control Association, HR 815, 2024) So, when media outlets describe 'separatists' seizing control, one might ask: are they separatists, or a faction empowered by a proxy war the US and its allies diligently funded?
The narrative of internal Yemeni conflict conveniently distracts from the systematic demolition of a nation by external powers, fostering the very instability it then labels 'separatism.' This isn't a civil war; it's the predictable outcome of an international intervention gone spectacularly wrong, creating a fractured state ripe for warlords and, yes, 'separatists'—whoever the latest foreign
power decides to back.