Yemen's STC says delegation in Riyadh disappeared onto bus and all contact lost Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Wed, 01/07/2026 - 13:56 Senior spokesman says Saudi authorities believed to have confiscated delegates' phones and nothing has been heard for hours despite post on X from official's account claiming a 'positive atmosphere' Off Southern separatists in Yemen have lost contact with dozens of officials who were in Saudi Arabia for talks, a senior official has said. Amr al-Bidh, a senior foreign affairs official for the Southern Transitional Council (STC), told Middle East Eye that the group had not heard from its delegation since 3am local time. Bidh said during a media briefing on Wednesday that a source who was on the plane but not part of the delegation told the official that the delegation was put on a bus by authorities in Riyadh and not seen since. After the STC said earlier on Wednesday that it had lost contact with the delegation, a post appeard on the X account of Mohammed al-Gaithi, a senior STC official, which said that he had arrived in the Saudi capital "in a positive atmosphere" and would begin a series of meetings. However, Bidh said that family members of the delegation had heard nothing from their relatives, and had also reached out to Saudi authorities - who did not respond. STC officials believe that the phones of their colleagues have been confiscated. This is a developing story ... Yemen War News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0