Abu al-Baraa al-San’ani, a senior Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula official, released an audio recording between 1:16 a.m. and 1:45 a.m. UTC on December 6, 2025, condemning southern forces' security measures in Wadi Hadhramaut and al-Mahra as a "Zionist conspiracy" and calling for resistance against them, according to an X post by South24_net. The head of Yemen's government delegation for prisoner negotiations announced a new round of talks with the Houthis in the coming days under an "all for all" exchange formula, sponsored by international partners, as stated in a separate South24_net X post during the same 29-minute window from 1:16 a.m. to 1:45 a.m. UTC on December 6. This Al-Qaeda statement follows reports of rapid advances by the Southern Transitional Council and allies across southern Yemen, including areas like Hadhramaut, as noted in prior coverage from December 5 to early December 6. The prisoner negotiations develop amid ongoing Yemen conflicts involving Houthis and southern groups, with no further details on locations or timelines provided in the new sources.
