The Southern Transitional Council (STC), a secessionist group in Yemen, has seized control of the oil-rich provinces of Hadramout and Mahra, threatening to re-ignite the stalemated Yemeni civil war and potentially destabilize the region.
The civil war in Yemen has three major factions: the internationally-recognized elected government, known as the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC); the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents; and the STC secessionists, whose strength is concentrated in southern Yemen.
The Houthis kicked off the grueling Yemeni civil war in 2014 by capturing the national capital of Sanaa, forcing the elected government to relocate…
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