Yemeni pro-government fighters man a position in Ataq city, the capital of the province of Shabwa, east of the Red Sea port of Aden, on January 18, 2022. – Eleven people were killed in airstrikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a witness and medical sources told AFP, as the Saudi-led coalition hit back after a deadly attack on Abu Dhabi that sent Gulf tensions soaring.
The rebels later claimed the attack and said there could be more to come, warning UAE residents to stay away from “vital installations”.The UAE is a member of the Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting the rebels since 2015. Although it announced a troop withdrawal from Yemen in 2019, it has remained involved by supporting and training forces there.
Al-Madhaji said the Huthis were “anxious”, and had launched the Abu Dhabi attacks “to send this military message in the heart of the UAE”. The attack also came two weeks after the Huthis captured a UAE-flagged ship and its international crew in the Red Sea, saying it was carrying military equipment.The Huthis regularly target neighbouring Saudi Arabia with drones and missiles, but this attack appears to have traversed hundreds of kilometres of Saudi desert that separate Yemen from UAE.
The Huthis also say they make their own drones, which they showed off as part of a military display in March last year in Sanaa.
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