Tension arises in #Yemen’s eastern Hadramout btw UAE-backed troops and the pro-govt military forces as the former pushing to expand its presence in Wadi Hadramout, according to local sources.
UAE reportedly sent loyal troops from the western coast to #Mukalla days ago.
Com. of the 1st mltry region Maj. Gen. Saleh Taimas ordered his forces into a state of combat readiness to deter any attempts to destabilize the security of Hadramout al-Wadi & al-Sahra & address possible threats within the scope of its deployment, according 2 army media. #Yemen
A week ago UAE established the first military camp in Hadramout al-Wadi and then relocated 2 allied units - most personel belong to southern al-Dhale- from the western coast to #Mukalla days ago, a military source said. #Yemen
Abdullah al-Kathiri, Sheikh of the influential tribes of Al Kathir in Hadramout al-Wadi, met com of the Saudi-led coalition’s forces in al-Wadi and rejected the establishment of any armed formations outside of the military and security State institutions.
One of President Biden’s first acts in office was ending U.S. weapons support for Saudi Arabia in its war against the Iran-backed Houthis in #Yemen. The U.S. hoped the concession would persuade the #Houthis to negotiate. Instead they have escalated. wsj.com/articles/we-on…
The Houthis ignore @ABlinken one more time. He objects, strenuously.
This is getting 2b a habit, & an embarrassing one. An adversary courted by the Biden Adm ignores U.S. pleas & continues waging war agnst an ally, & the Biden State Dept issues a stern lecture in a press release.
@ABlinken The liberal internationalists who run the State Dept seem to believe that asserting a demand for a diplomatic solution will make it so. But as with the Taliban in #Afghanistan, the Houthis & their Iranian backers believe they can win the war w/o negotiating as they see the U.S...
UAE fighter jets are flying at low altitude over Araq, the provincial capital of Shabwah, amid stopping UAE military convoy from heading to al-Alam camp by tribal protesters.
Tribal protesters preventing UAE troops from heading to al-Alam camp in Shabwah's Ataq over demanding competition for the tribesmen killed by the militia loyal to UAE forces in the governorate. #Yemen
The war jets are back in the sky, and apparently the stand off is still on going until now and the Emarati forces haven't been able to cross Ataq to head to Balhaf camp south of Shabwah, even after the Saudis intervened to solve the problem, via @majd_gawdat