The Saudi-backed government in Yemen said it would send forces to reclaim territory from a group that the United Arab Emirates supports.

ADEN, Yemen -- Saudi-backed forces spread across Yemen's Mukalla on Sunday after retaking the port city which was seized by southern separatists last month. The capital of Hadramout province was retaken by Yemen’s internationally recognized government following days of Saudi airstrikes.

Saudi-backed troops on Saturday made advances in Yemen's resource-rich Hadramawt province, military officials said, as confrontations between forces backed by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have triggered a deep rift between the two Gulf allies.

Presidential council chairman says recent measures ‘were not driven by a desire for escalation or revenge’ - Anadolu Ajansı

The United Arab Emirates said early Saturday it had withdrawn all its troops from Yemen, after escalating tensions in the war-torn country that pitted the UAE against fellow Gulf powerhouse Saudi Arabia.

Between these two parallel tracks, the complexity of the Yemeni scene is once again coming into focus, as local calculations intersect with regional dynamics, amid growing concerns that this divergence could lead to further confusion, one that could be exploited by the Houthis and other extremist groups.

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.

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Saudi-backed troops on Saturday retook the resource-rich Yemeni province of Hadramawt, Yemen's presidency said, after confrontations between forces backed by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi deepened a rift between the two Gulf allies.