Yemenis members of the Sabahiha tribes of Lahj, who live along the strip between the south and north of the country and who support the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), hold an image of the STC leader Aidaros Alzubidi as they wave the old South Yemen flag, during a rally in Khormaksar Square, in the coastal port city of Aden, the temporary capital of the Republic of Yemen on December 14, 2025. More than 15 Saudi air strikes hit the home province of Yemen's separatist leader Aidaros Alzubidi on January 7, 2026 after he did not appear in Riyadh for peace talks, a Yemeni local official said.