{"id":15093,"date":"2025-12-30T09:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=15093"},"modified":"2025-12-30T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:41:53","slug":"saudi-arabia-bombs-yemen-port-city-over-weapons-shipment-from-uae-for-separatists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/30\/saudi-arabia-bombs-yemen-port-city-over-weapons-shipment-from-uae-for-separatists\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen Port City Over Weapons Shipment From UAE for Separatists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have a post<\/a> about the UAE being the seven heads in Revelation along with the crown prince of Dubai possibly being the Antichrist<\/a>, or Muslim Mahdi (Messiah), so anything involving the UAE is of interest. And Saudi Arabia and the UAE are conducting a proxy war in Sudan<\/a> as well, but then war is a racket and profitable for those in control, so perhaps they’re not at odds with each other as much as they would have us believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/saudi-arabia-bomb-yemen-mukalla-weapons-uae-9fc56e4678a12f56d61b1ecf855d4a4e<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen\u2019s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0 JON GAMBRELL <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen\u2019s port city of Mukalla<\/a> on Tuesday after a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates arrived for separatist forces in the war-torn country, and warned that it viewed Emirati actions as \u201cextremely dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This frame grab from video broadcast by Saudi state television on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, shows what the kingdom describes as a shipment of weapons and armored vehicles coming from the United Arab Emirates, at Mukalla, Yemen. (Saudi state television via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The bombing followed tensions over the advance of Emirates-backed separatist forces known as the Southern Transitional Council. The council and its allies issued a statement supporting the UAE\u2019s presence, even as others allied with Saudi Arabia demanded that Emirati forces withdraw from Yemen in 24 hours\u2019 time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE called for \u201crestraint and wisdom\u201d and disputed Riyadh\u2019s allegations. But shortly after that, it said it would withdraw its remaining troops in Yemen. It remained unclear whether the separatists it backs will give up the territory they recently took.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The confrontation threatened to open a new front in Yemen\u2019s decade-long war, with forces allied against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels possibly turning their sights on each other in the Arab world\u2019s poorest nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also further strained ties between Saudi Arabia and the UAE<\/a>, neighbors on the Arabian Peninsula that increasingly have competed over economic issues and regional politics, particularly in the Red Sea area<\/a>. Tuesday\u2019s airstrikes and ultimatum appeared to be their most serious confrontation in decades.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI expect a calibrated escalation from both sides. The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council is likely to respond by consolidating control,\u201d said Mohammed al-Basha, a Yemen expert and founder of the Basha Report, a risk advisory firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the same time, the flow of weapons from the UAE to the STC is set to be curtailed following the port attack, particularly as Saudi Arabia controls the airspace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airstrike hits Mukalla<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A military statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency announced the strikes on Mukalla, which it said came after ships arrived there from Fujairah in the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ships\u2019 crew had disabled tracking devices aboard the vessels, and unloaded a large amount of weapons and combat vehicles in support of the Southern Transitional Council\u2019s forces,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConsidering that the aforementioned weapons constitute an imminent threat, and an escalation that threatens peace and stability, the Coalition Air Force has conducted this morning a limited airstrike that targeted weapons and military vehicles offloaded from the two vessels in Mukalla,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t clear if there were any casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emirati Foreign Ministry hours later denied it shipped weapons but acknowledged it sent the vehicles \u201cfor use by the UAE forces operating in Yemen.\u201d It also claimed Saudi Arabia knew about the shipment ahead of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry called for \u201cthe highest levels of coordination, restraint and wisdom, taking into account the existing security challenges and threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emirati Defense Ministry later said it would withdraw its remaining troops from Yemen over \u201crecent developments and their potential repercussions on the safety and effectiveness of counter-terrorism operations.\u201d It gave no timeline for the withdrawal. The UAE broadly withdrew its forces from Yemen years earlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yemen\u2019s anti-Houthi forces not aligned with the separatists declared a state of emergency Tuesday and ended their cooperation with the UAE. They issued a 72-hour ban on border crossings in territory they hold, as well as entries to airports and seaports, except those allowed by Saudi Arabia. It remained unclear whether that coalition, governed under the umbrella of Yemen\u2019s Presidential Leadership Council, would remain intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Southern Transitional Council\u2019s AIC satellite news channel aired footage of the strike\u2019s aftermath but avoided showing damage to the armored vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis unjustified escalation against ports and civilian infrastructure will only strengthen popular demands for decisive action and the declaration of a South Arabian state,\u201d the channel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attack likely targeted a ship identified as the Greenland, a vessel flagged out of St. Kitts. Tracking data analyzed by the AP showed the vessel had been in Fujairah on Dec. 22 and arrived in Mukalla on Sunday. The second vessel could not be immediately identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the U.N. humanitarian office, urged combatants to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, like the port, saying any disruption to its operations \u201crisks affecting the already dire humanitarian situation and humanitarian supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strike comes as separatists advance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mukalla is in Yemen\u2019s Hadramout governorate, which the council seized in recent days. The port city is some 480 kilometers (300 miles) northeast of Aden, which has been the seat of power for anti-Houthi forces after the rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yemen, on the southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula off East Africa, borders the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The war there has killed more than 150,000 people, including fighters and civilians, and created one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Houthis, meanwhile, have launched attacks on hundreds of ships in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, disrupting regional shipping<\/a>. The U.S., which earlier praised Saudi-Emirati efforts to end the crisis over the separatists, has launched airstrikes against the rebels under both Presidents Joe Biden<\/a> and Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday\u2019s strike in Mukalla comes after Saudi Arabia targeted the council in airstrikes Friday that analysts described as a warning for the separatists to halt their advance and leave the governorates of Hadramout and Mahra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The council had pushed out forces there affiliated with the Saudi-backed National Shield Forces, another group in the anti-Houthi coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those aligned with the council have increasingly flown the flag of South Yemen, which was a separate country from 1967-1990. Demonstrators have been rallying to support political forces calling for South Yemen to secede again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A statement Tuesday from Saudi Arabia\u2019s Foreign Ministry directly linked the council\u2019s advance to the Emiratis for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe kingdom notes that the steps taken by the sisterly United Arab Emirates are extremely dangerous,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allies of the council later issued a statement in which they showed no sign of backing down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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