The battle over reviving Yemen’s General People's Congress reflects a broader Saudi–Emirati struggle over post-war power and influence in Yemen.

The growing wave of defections within the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia reflects a deepening military, tribal, and organizational crisis driven by battlefield losses, internal rivalries, and declining central control, raising the possibility of the group fragmenting into competing armed factions.

Sudan has raised tensions with Ethiopia and the UAE following drone strikes on Khartoum Airport and other regions, amid broader conflict dynamics, regional rivalries in the Horn of Africa, and ongoing disputes over borders, the GERD, and the Sudanese civil war.

Southern Yemen remains unstable as Saudi Arabia manages competing local actors by containing, rather than dismantling, the STC, which still retains significant political and military influence despite dissolution efforts and emerging rivals.

The Sudanese army is restructuring its command and intensifying multi-front operations to secure supply routes and weaken the Rapid Support Forces militia, amid an ongoing and unresolved conflict.