Saudi-backed forces regain control of Yemen's Hadramout after days of airstrikes

Yemen has been engulfed in civil war for more than a decade, with the Houthis controlling much of the north and the Saudi-led coalition supporting the internationally recognized government in the south. On Saturday, Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council — the ruling organ of the internationally recognized government — said on Facebook that the National Shield Forces achieved “record success” in taking back all military and security sites in Hadramout. Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said Saturday it will host a conference in Riyadh to bring together all southern factions in Yemen “to discuss just solutions to the southern cause.” The STC welcomed the invitation to sponsor the dialogue, saying it’s the “only rational means to address political issues, foremost among them the issue of the people of the south and their right to restore their state.”