Saudi sends 24-hour ultimatum for UAE withdrawal after Yemen port strike

Since 2022 the STC has been part of an alliance that controls southern areas outside Houthi control, under a Saudi-backed power-sharing initiative. The Houthis control the northern region, including Sanaa, the capital, after forcing the Saudi-backed government to flee south.

"We will continue to prevent any military support from any country to any Yemeni faction without coordination with the legitimate government," the coalition added.

(Reporting by Yomna Ehab, Hatem Maher and Mohammed Ghobari in Cairo; Nayera Abdallah, Ahmed Elimam and Jana Choukeir in Dubai; writing by Maha El Dahan and Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Aidan Lewis)