FILE PHOTO: Southern Yemeni separatist security members patrol a street during a campaign to seize unlicensed motorcycles in Aden, Yemen December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/File Photo
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's leading separatist group has declared self-rule in the south, complicating U.N. efforts to end a ruinous conflict and protect the country's shattered health sector from the spread of COVID-19.
The move by the Southern Transitional Council (STC) risks renewed fighting between nominal allies in a Saudi-led coalition that has been battling the Houthi group aligned to Iran for the past five years. [L5N2CF0DJ]
