US EditionSaudi Arabia Strikes Yemen Port Over Alleged UAE Weapons Shipment
- On Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition launched a limited airstrike at Mukalla port targeting weapons and combat vehicles offloaded from two vessels, citing an imminent threat to security.
- The Southern Transitional Council's recent advances prompted UAE-backed STC to seize parts of Hadramout, straining Saudi Arabia ties and raising coalition concerns this month.
- Vessel footage and analyst observations indicated the Greenland, a roll-on, roll-off ship, arrived in Mukalla on Sunday after being in Fujairah on Dec. 22; ship crews disabled tracking systems and Saudi state television aired footage of armored vehicles moving to a staging area.
- Following the strikes, Al-Alimi announced a 90-day emergency, a 72-hour blockade, and ordered all UAE forces to leave within 24 hours.
- The incident is likely to curtail weapons flows from the UAE to the STC, as Saudi Arabia controls the airspace, while sharply escalating tensions between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi and risking deeper fragmentation in Yemen.
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The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it will withdraw its remaining forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia bombed the port city of Mukalla, following allegations that two Emirates ships had handed over arms and combat vehicles to separatist forces. Saudi Arabia accused the United Arab Emirates, its close ally, of carrying out “highly dangerous” actions in Yemen that threatened its national security. It noted that it launched “limited” air s…
UAE urges ‘restraint’ after Saudi airstrikes on Yemen’s Mukalla port
The UAE has called for “restraint and wisdom” after Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes on Yemen's port city of Mukalla, accusing Abu Dhabi of supporting a separatist offensive in the country's east.
UAE rejects Saudi claims over weapons shipment to Yemen
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday, December 30, rejected Saudi Arabia’s claims regarding a shipment linked to Yemen’s Port of Mukalla, describing the allegations as containing “fundamental inaccuracies”. In a statement issued by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X, Abu Dhabi said the consignment did not include weapons and was not intended for any Yemeni party. The ministry said the vehicles mentioned were shipped for use…
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