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Yemen declares state of emergency after separatists seize territory after Saudis bomb UAE arms shipment in Hadramawt port
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[IsraelTimes] The leader of Yemen’s presidential council declares a state of emergency and cancels a security pact with the United Arab Emirates after Abu Dhabi-backed separatists seize swaths of territory.
“The Joint Defence Agreement with the United Arab Emirates is hereby canceled,” a statement says, while a separate decree announces a 90-day state of emergency including a 72-hour air, sea and land blockade.
The announcements by Rashad al-Alimi, head of the Presidential Leadership Council, come after the Saudi-led coalition fighting in divided Yemen said it struck a UAE weapons shipment destined for the separatists.
The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (SCT) forces have swept through the south of Yemen this month, taking most of resource-rich Hadramawt province and swaths of neighboring Mahrah.
Alimi orders the SCT to hand over the territory to Saudi-backed forces, calling the separatists’ advance an “unacceptable rebellion” in a televised address.
The confrontation risks tearing apart the already fractured Yemeni government, which has different factions backed by oil-rich Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
It also threatens slow-moving peace negotiations with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who ousted the government from the capital Sanaa in 2014, triggering a military intervention by the Saudi-led coalition.
Saudi Arabia bombs port in Yemen, says strikes targeted arms shipment for separatists from UAE
[IsraelTimes] Saudi Arabia bombs the port city of Mukalla in Yemen over what it describes as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
The attack signals a new escalation in tensions between the kingdom and the Southern Transitional Council, which is backed by the Emirates. It also further strains ties between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, which had been backing competing sides in Yemen’s decadelong war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
A military statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency announces the strikes, which it says came after ships arrived there from Fujairah, a port city on the UAE’s eastern coast.
“Given the danger and escalation posed by these weapons, which threaten security and stability, the Coalition Air Forces conducted a limited military operation this morning targeting weapons and combat vehicles unloaded from the two ships at the port of al-Mukalla,” it says.
There is no immediate comment from the UAE.
UAE cargo ship carrying military and logistical equipment arrives at Mukalla port
[HodhodYemenNews] A new Emirati fat merchantman reportedly arrived at the port of Mukalla in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Hadhramaut province early Sunday, amid reports that it is carrying military and logistical equipment, raising concerns over the ongoing movements in the area, maritime and press sources reported.
Data from international ship-tracking websites showed that the vessel, named Greenland and operated by the Emirati company Salem al-Marqani Shipping, docked at approximately 4:00 a.m. following an eight-day voyage from ports in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Journalist and tracking specialist Mohammed Basha said this class of fat merchantman is usually designed to carry large numbers of vehicles and heavy machinery — more than 100 wheeled vehicles or pieces of equipment — bolstering speculation that the voyage serves a major logistical purpose.
These developments coincide with reports from informed local sources that the vessel is carrying shipments of weapons and military equipment destined for forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC).
It is the second such ship to arrive at the port within 48 hours of another vessel that remains docked, underscoring a rapid tempo of loading and unloading operations.
Analysts link the stepped-up military reinforcements to what appears to be an Emirati effort to counter expected Saudi moves in Hadhramaut and Mahrah, particularly after Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman issued a firm message urging the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council STC to withdraw from the two provinces and hand them over to the newly formed, Saudi-backed "Dera al-Watan" forces.
The ships’ arrival seems intended to solidify a new military status quo that preserves the presence of forces loyal to Abu Dhabi in the east — a move that is escalating tensions and could soon trigger a confrontation between former partners over dominance in the country’s largest provinces.
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