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The spokesman of Yemen’s Houthi rebels said the group launched a military operation “deep in the UAE” and would announce details in the coming hours.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi
rebels have said they had carried out an attack on the United Arab Emirates after authorities in the Gulf state reported two fires in the capital Abu Dhabi that were possibly caused by drones.
Abu Dhabi police said on Monday three fuel tanker trucks had exploded
in the industrial Musaffah area near storage facilities of oil
firm ADNOC and that a fire broke out at a construction site at
Abu Dhabi International Airport.
“Initial investigations found parts of a small plane that
could possibly be a drone at both sites that could have caused
the explosion and the fire,” the police said in a statement on
state news agency WAM.
There was no “significant damage” from the incidents and a
full investigation has been launched, the statement added.
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“Deep in the UAE”
The spokesman of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which is
battling a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and including
the UAE, said the group launched a military operation “deep in
the UAE” and would announce details in the coming hours.
Pro-coalition forces backed by the UAE have recently joined
fighting against the Houthis in Yemen’s energy-producing regions
of Shabwa and Marib.
The UAE had largely scaled down its military presence in
Yemen in 2019 but continues to hold sway through the Yemeni forces
it armed and trained.
The Houthis have repeatedly launched cross-border missile
and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia and have in the past
threatened to attack the UAE.
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Source: Reuters
Yemen Houthis claim attack on Abu Dhabi
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