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Saudi 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 announces that it withdraws its forces in Yemen following the ultimatum given by Saudi Arabia and the Government.
Saudi Arabia bombed the Yemeni port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over foreign military support for separatists in the south of the country. Specifically, it was because of a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates. The internationally recognized Yemeni government has declared a state of emergency due to the advance of separatists supported by the United Arab Emirates. It is scheduled to last 90 days. It has closed air, sea and land borde…
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36% Center
L 36%
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