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El líder separatista yemení huyó y movilizó fuerzas tras faltar a las negociaciones de paz en Arabia Saudita

Una coalición liderada por Arabia Saudita llevó a cabo el miércoles mortíferos ataques aéreos contra la provincia natal de un líder separatista respaldado por los Emiratos Árabes Unidos en Yemen, después de que su gobierno dividido lo expulsara y lo acusara de traición.
El Consejo de Transición del Sur (STC) de Aidaros Alzubidi se apoderó de amplias zonas del territorio el mes pasado, antes de ser rechazado por la coalición liderada por Arabia Saudita y las fuerzas yemeníes aliadas.
Tenía previsto acudir a Riad para mantener conversaciones destinadas a reducir la violencia, pero su avión acabó retrasándose y no estaba a bordo cuando despegó.
Según la coalición, Alzubidi huyó y movilizó “grandes fuerzas” en Dhale, su provincia natal en el suroeste de Yemen, tras no asistir a las conversaciones en Riad.
El Consejo de Liderazgo Presidencial de Yemen, que ostenta el poder ejecutivo y agrupa a facciones rivales, anunció entonces la destitución de Alzubidi, acusándolo de alta traición.
El miércoles, más de 15 ataques aéreos alcanzaron Dhale, causando la muerte de cuatro personas, según informaron dos fuentes hospitalarias a la AFP.
La violencia entre el STC, apoyado por los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, y las fuerzas pro saudíes se ha recrudecido en las últimas semanas en los alrededores de Adén, sede del Gobierno yemení reconocido internacionalmente desde que fue derrocado en Saná por los rebeldes hutíes, respaldados por Irán, en 2014.

El avance del STC y la respuesta saudí han provocado un deterioro de las relaciones con los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, otra potencia petrolera y rival en Yemen.
Alzubidi “huyó a un lugar desconocido… después de haber distribuido armas y municiones a decenas de elementos dentro de Adén”, dijo el portavoz de la coalición, el mayor general Turki al-Maliki, en un comunicado.
La coalición llevó a cabo nuevos ataques para evitar que Alzubidi “intensificara el conflicto” y lo extendiera a la provincia de Dhale, dijo.
Un funcionario del STC declaró a la AFP que Alzubidi decidió no unirse a la delegación que volaba a Arabia Saudita para mantener conversaciones tras enterarse de que se le pediría que disolviera su grupo, que forma parte del Consejo de Liderazgo Presidencial.
Más tarde, el STC afirmó que había perdido el contacto con la delegación tras su llegada a Riad, expresando su “grave preocupación”.
“Esto plantea serias preguntas que requieren una aclaración urgente”, declaró el STC.
Alzubidi “continúa con sus funciones” en Adén, afirmó el grupo, que pidió a la coalición liderada por Arabia Saudita que detuviera los ataques aéreos. Afirmó que seguía abierto a las conversaciones.
El Consejo Presidencial de Liderazgo anunció la destitución de Alzubidi, acusándolo de cometer varios delitos, entre ellos “alta traición” y “participación en una insurgencia armada”.
“Se ha determinado que (Alzubidi) ha abusado de la justa causa del sur y la ha explotado para cometer delitos graves contra la población civil en las provincias meridionales”, afirmó.
Más de 100 personas han muerto en los ataques de la coalición liderada por Arabia Saudita contra las posiciones de los separatistas y en los enfrentamientos sobre el terreno.
Los saudíes y los emiratíes llevan mucho tiempo apoyando a facciones rivales del conflictivo Gobierno de Yemen, después de que inicialmente unieran sus fuerzas en la coalición militar liderada por Arabia Saudita contra los hutíes.
Un responsable de seguridad en Adén declaró a la AFP que la tarea de garantizar la seguridad en Adén se ha asignado a las fuerzas y a la policía de Adén, todas ellas controladas por el vicepresidente del STC, Abdulrahman Al-Mahrami, vicepresidente del Consejo de Liderazgo Presidencial.
Estas fuerzas se han desplegado en las calles y en los edificios gubernamentales, incluido el palacio presidencial, según el responsable.
Otro funcionario de seguridad dijo a la AFP que, hace dos días, el STC evacuó su sede en Adén y trasladó las operaciones de su canal de televisión a un lugar desconocido por temor a los bombardeos saudíes.
La semana pasada, después de que las fuerzas separatistas se apoderaran de la provincia de Hadramawt, rica en recursos y fronteriza con Arabia Saudita, y de la vecina Mahra, en la frontera con Omán, Alzubidi anunció una transición de dos años hacia la creación de un nuevo país, “Arabia del Sur”, en el sur de Yemen.
(Con información de AFP)
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Pope Leo says he ‘can’t comment’ on 20-year sentence of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

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Pope Leo XIV this week said he «can’t» comment on the 20-year sentence imposed on a democracy activist in Hong Kong.
«I can’t comment,» the American-born Leo told EWTN News, which covers Catholic news globally, while speaking to reporters in Italy.
He added, «Let’s pray for less hatred and more peace and work for authentic dialogue. God bless you all.»
Hong Kong publisher and democracy activist Jimmy Lai, who is a converted Catholic, was sentenced to 20 years by Beijing last month for violating their 2020 national security law, which U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called «unjust and tragic.»
Pope Leo XIV this week said he «can’t» comment on the 20-year sentence imposed on a democracy activist in Hong Kong. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images; Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
«The conviction shows the world that Beijing will go to extraordinary lengths to silence those who advocate fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong,» Rubio said in a statement. «The United States urges the authorities to grant Mr. Lai humanitarian parole.»
The 78-year-old founded the now-closed Hong Kong-based Apple Daily in 1995, while the island was still under British rule.
Lai’s sentence closed one of the country’s most consequential national security cases since Beijing imposed the sweeping new law in 2020 in the wake of months-long anti-Chinese Communist Party protests in 2019, which were sparked by fears Beijing was eroding Hong Kong’s promised autonomy.

Lai has already been in custody since 2020. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
They were followed by a sweeping security crackdown that criminalized dissent and reshaped the city’s legal system.
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Lai had been arrested several times during the 2019 protests, and he was detained at his home in 2020. His newspaper was also raided at the time and closed.
He was found guilty in December of attempting to undermine national security.

Jimmy Lai supporters in Los Angeles last month. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump said in December that he had personally urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to release Lai.
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«I spoke to President Xi about it, and I asked to consider his release,» Trump said. «He’s not well, he’s an older man, and he’s not well, so I did put that request out. We’ll see what happens.»
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After the strikes, how would the US secure Iran’s enriched uranium?

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When War Secretary Pete Hegseth was asked recently whether U.S. forces would ever move to secure enriched uranium reportedly stored at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear complex, he declined to say, citing operational security.
The exchange highlighted a question the U.S. and Israel’s air campaign alone cannot answer: even if U.S. strikes degrade Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, who would physically secure the enriched uranium, and how?
Iran is believed to possess a significant stockpile of uranium enriched to 60%, near weapons-grade. That material could theoretically be used in multiple nuclear devices if further refined.
Moving from 60% to weapons-grade 90% enrichment requires additional processing, and weaponization would involve further technical steps. But analysts say the more immediate issue is physical control of the material itself.
«If the U.S. wants to secure Iran’s nuclear materials, it’s going to require a massive ground operation,» Kelsey Davenport, director of nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association, told Fox News Digital.
Davenport said the highly enriched uranium believed to be stored at Isfahan appears to be deeply buried and contained in relatively mobile canisters. Securing it would likely require locating the full stockpile, accessing underground facilities and safely extracting or downblending the material.
Satellite imagery taken on Jan. 30, 2026 shows a new roof over a previously destroyed building at the Natanz nuclear site. (2026 PLANET LABS PBC/Handout via Reuters)
«It’s not even clear the United States knows where all of the uranium is,» she said, noting that the mobility of storage containers raises the possibility that some material could be moved or dispersed.
The administration repeatedly has said preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon remains a central objective of Operation Epic Fury.
«Ultimately, this issue of Iran’s nuclear pursuit and their unwillingness through negotiations to stop it is something President Trump has said for a long time needs to be dealt with,» Hegseth said.
Senior administration officials have argued that Iran sought to build up its ballistic missile arsenal in part to create a deterrent shield — enabling Tehran to continue advancing its nuclear program while discouraging outside intervention.
So far, however, the bulk of U.S. strikes have focused on degrading missile launchers, air defenses and other conventional military targets.
Experts note that dismantling missile systems may reduce Iran’s ability to shield a potential nuclear breakout. But physically controlling enriched uranium itself presents a separate and more complex challenge.

This photo released on Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)
Airstrikes versus physical control
Defense officials have acknowledged that degrading nuclear infrastructure from the air is different from safely managing or securing nuclear material.
Airstrikes can destroy centrifuges, power systems and support buildings. But enriched uranium stored underground may remain intact unless it is physically secured, removed or verifiably downblended.
Striking or extracting nuclear material also carries safety risks that military planners must weigh.
If storage casks containing uranium hexafluoride gas were compromised, the material could pose chemical toxicity risks to personnel entering the site without proper protective equipment. Analysts say a conventional strike is unlikely to trigger a nuclear detonation, but dispersal of material could create localized hazards and complicate recovery efforts.
Chuck DeVore, a former Reagan-era defense official who worked on nuclear issues, argued that directly targeting the stockpile may not be a priority under current battlefield conditions.
«You don’t want to release the material into the surrounding areas and cause radioactive contamination,» DeVore said, adding that deeply buried facilities are difficult to reach from the air.
DeVore also downplayed the immediacy of a breakout scenario, arguing that further enrichment, weaponization and delivery would be difficult to execute undetected amid sustained U.S. air operations.
Even if Iran were able to further enrich uranium, he said, assembling a deliverable weapon under active military pressure would present significant technical and operational hurdles.

Trump said that the United States completed a «very successful» strike against Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, saying that Iran’s nuclear enrichment installations have been «obliterated.» (Fox News)
Still, DeVore acknowledged that long-term control of the uranium would ultimately require a political resolution inside Iran and some form of outside oversight.
What would securing it require?
Nonproliferation experts say securing enriched uranium generally involves more than military force. It requires verified accounting of the material, sustained access to storage sites and either removal or downblending to lower enrichment levels suitable for civilian use.
Davenport said internationally monitored downblending would be the safest option if political conditions allow.
«The IAEA remains the best place to go back into Iran to monitor the sites, to try to track down and account for the enriched uranium,» she said, describing downblending as a relatively straightforward technical process compared to attempting to extract and transport highly enriched material in a contested environment.
Both pathways — physical seizure or internationally monitored reduction — depend on conditions that do not currently exist.
Administration officials argue that dismantling Iran’s missile network weakens Iran’s ability to shield a nuclear breakout and reduces the immediate threat to U.S. forces and regional allies.
But suppressing missiles and controlling enriched uranium are separate challenges.
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Destroying infrastructure can slow or disrupt a program. Physically locating, accounting for and securing nuclear material requires sustained access, reliable intelligence and — ultimately — political conditions that allow it.
For now, the administration maintains that Iran will not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. How the enriched uranium itself would be secured remains a question without a public answer.
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