Nearly 500 tourists left stranded on Yemen's Socotra amid mainland tensions

ADEN, Yemen, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of foreign tourists remain stranded on Yemen's island province of Socotra after flights to and from the archipelago were suspended amid rising tensions and clashes on the mainland, a local security official said on Monday. The official, from the Southern Transitional Council (STC) controlling the island, told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that nearly 500 tourists of va