The Southern Transitional Council (STC), the Yemeni separatist movement that abruptly abandoned its alliance with the deposed national government last month and began snapping up oil-rich territory in southern Yemen, is urging the United States to support them against the Iran-backed Houthi extremists who control the northern half of the country.

The STC is a pseudo-government that has always insisted on remaining distinct from the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), the internationally recognized national government that fled to the port city of Aden after the Houthis captured the national capital, Sanaa, in 2014.

The STC began reminding…

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