Yesterday, Hadrami factions, including the Islah Party “the Muslim Brotherhood‘s arm in Yemen,” announced that they do not recognize the authority of the Presidential Council, which is loyal to the coalition in southern Yemen.

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The Hadramout Tribes’ Alliance and the Hadramout Comprehensive Conference issued a statement, reported by the site (Al-Mashhad Al-Arabi), describing the Presidential Council as merely a political power-sharing arrangement, and stating that it is incapable of addressing Hadramout’s demands.

The parties, led primarily by the Islah Party “the Brotherhood” and the Conference, demand that President al-Alimi fulfill Hadramout’s requests through the local authority affiliated with the Conference, which is divided by a power-sharing scheme that benefits them alone.

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This party statement coincides with the Specialized Criminal Court’s ruling to issue an arrest warrant for the leader of the Alliance, the prominent tribal sheikh of Hadramout, Amr bin Habresh, on charges of roadblocking and banditry.

Amr bin Habresh has been leading a movement for several months demanding the fulfillment of Hadramout’s requests, and this movement has reached the outskirts of Mukalla, where his alliance’s fighters are stationed west of the province’s administrative capital.

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These developments indicate a shift in the struggle for Hadramout’s oil-rich region, with the political parties seeking to maintain the division of resources among themselves and exclude significant southern factions.