Aidarous al-Zubaidi is wanted on treason charges in Yemen after he led a lightning military offensive that escalated a bitter feud between the Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
An image of Aidarous al-Zubaidi, leader of the Southern Transitional Council, in Aden, Yemen on Wednesday. The group has been pushing for an independent state in southern Yemen, with Emirati backing.
Invited to Saudi Arabia for talks, dozens of Yemeni separatist officials went incommunicado on Wednesday as the conflict in their country took a sharp twist.