Exclusive: UAE scales down military presence in Yemen as Gulf tensions flare
Aziz El Yaakoubi, Lisa Barrington
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, is scaling back its military presence there as worsening U.S.-Iran tensions threaten security closer to home, four western diplomatic sources said.
The UAE has pulled some troops from the southern port of Aden and Yemen’s western coast, two of the diplomats said, areas where the Gulf state has built up and armed local forces who are leading the battle against the Iran-aligned Houthi group along the Red Sea coast.
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Weekly Security and Risk Report 21/09/2022
MAST’s weekly security report issue 350 is available to read now. In the Gulf of Guinea, one maritime incident has been reported for the period
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