STC forces seize government headquarters in Aden

Beginning 28 January 2018, armed forces loyal to the STC seized the Yemeni government's headquarters and most of Aden in fighting against forces of the internationally recognized Hadi government — an effective coup in the interim capital that exposed the rift inside the anti-Houthi, Saudi/UAE-led coalition.

Referenced entities

Parties

Southern Transitional Council

Politicians

Aidarus al-Zoubaidi party-leader

Sources

Permalink: https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/982f8614-7c5a-458d-bac1-bcb516b32c8f

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Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). STC forces seize government headquarters in Aden [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/982f8614-7c5a-458d-bac1-bcb516b32c8f

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "STC forces seize government headquarters in Aden." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/982f8614-7c5a-458d-bac1-bcb516b32c8f.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-982f8614-7c5a-458d-bac1-bcb516b32c8f,
  title     = {{STC forces seize government headquarters in Aden}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/982f8614-7c5a-458d-bac1-bcb516b32c8f},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2018-01-28. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2018-01-28. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.