President Aidarous Qassem Al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and Vice Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), extended his warmest congratulations and best wishes to the people of the South, both at home and abroad, on the occasion of the new year 2025.

It was stated in a post on his social media pages, the full text of which is as follows:

Our people of the South, both at home and abroad, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you my warmest congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of the New Year, 2025.

As we ring in the new year, we stand at the threshold of a new era that demands greater cohesiveness, solidarity, and alignment among us all to pursue our aspirations of restoring and building our free and independent state with its full sovereignty.

We pray to Allah, the Almighty, to make this year a new chapter filled with goodness, peace, and prosperity in our beloved South, and may He return it with security and stability and grant us all success in achieving our noble goals. Happy New Year.