Yemen, Saudi Arabia and UAE
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Yemen's separatist leader has fled to the United Arab Emirates after an attempt to seize swathes of territory and move towards independence. Aidaros Alzubidi was accused of high treason and removed from Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council while the coalition bombed his home province after he refused to attend talks in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces. The UAE later said it would withdraw its forces from Yemen.
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Two of the Middle East’s most powerful countries are facing off in Yemen. Here’s what to know
A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there.
If you were compiling a list of the countries that would repel most travellers, then Yemen would have to be near the top. For much of the past 10 years, the Middle Eastern nation, which sits just south of Saudi Arabia,
On December 2nd the Southern Transitional Council ( stc ), secessionists backed by the uae, went on a lightning offensive across the south-east. They seized territory held by Saudi-backed factions and now control the eight governorates that made up the former South Yemen (see map),
Tonight… the war in Yemen took a dangerous new turn. Saudi warplanes reportedly struck UAE-backed separatist forces in southern Yemen—marking a serious escalation inside the Saudi-led coalition itself.
Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates sharply escalated after a Yemeni delegation of UAE-backed southern separatists reportedly disappeared in Riyadh. Members of the Southern Transitional Council said they lost contact with dozens of officials shortly after their arrival in the Saudi capital for peace talks,
Yemen's more than decade-long civil war has flared up after a United Arab Emirates-backed separatist movement swept through territory in the south, splintering the Saudi-led coalition that was created to fight the Iran-aligned Houthi group.
Tensions inside Yemen have exploded after the Saudi-led coalition launched a wave of airstrikes against UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces in the southern Dhale governorate.rnrnSaudi officials say the strikes were “pre-emptive,