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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UAE to pull troops out of Yemen after Saudi-led airstrike | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
AL MUKALLA, Yemen >> The United Arab Emirates said today that it was pulling its remaining troops out of Yemen, hours after a Saudi-led airstrike targeted a UAE shipment, an episode that has laid bare the deepening rift between two Persian Gulf powerhouses.
Saudi Arabia bombed a shipment of weapons in southern Yemen, which came from the Arab Emirates, both strategic allies in that region. It was a set of weapons destined for the secessionists of the Southern Transitional Council, in the city of Mukalla. Along with this, from the government in Riyadh indicated that the actions of the United Arab Emirates in Yemen, driving the military offensive of the separatists of the Southern Transitional Council…
Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemeni Port, Claims Attack Targeted Weapons Bound for UAE-Backed Forces - News From Antiwar.com
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday bombed the southern Yemeni port city of Mukalla, claiming to target a weapons shipment bound for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), which has taken territory from Saudi-backed forces in recent weeks. It's unclear at this point if there were any casualties in the strikes. Riyadh…
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.
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