The Presidential Leadership Council announced today, Tuesday, a plan to normalize the situation in Hadhramaut Governorate, respond to the legitimate demands of its people and political and societal components, and enhance its influential position in the national equation and its active presence in local and central decision-making.

The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 35 entities and vessels it said were "playing a vital role" in transporting illicit Iranian oil to foreign markets.

The moves by the Gulf states come after a diplomatic campaign by Iran to persuade the Gulf states to use their influence with Washington amid growing fears that Israel could target Iranian oil production facilities.

Recent years have seen increasing competition between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in Yemen, especially in Hadhramaut Governorate, a recent analysis paper said.

British Ambassador to Yemen Abda Sharif warned on Thursday of an environmental disaster threatening the Yemeni coast after the Houthi attack on the oil tanker Sunion in the Red Sea.

The Security Committee in Hadhramaut Governorate announced today, Thursday, its welcome of the decision of the President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, to form a presidential committee to summarize the demands of the governorate, located in eastern Yemen, holding the Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance responsible for the repeated power outages.