UAE in the Yemen conflict


 * ''See also UAE Saudi proxy conflict: southern seperatists and Hadi government in exile and Yemen



Reports

 * UAE SAYS IT CAN’T CONTROL YEMENI FORCES — EVEN AS IT HANDS THEM BAGS OF CASH - Iona Craig, The Intercept June 8, 2018
 * The Saudi-UAE Alliance is the Most Dangerous Force in the Middle East Today - Doug Bandow AmericanConservative June 13, 2018
 * Hodeidah Bombardment Reveals UAE’s US-Backed Rise in Regional Power -Whitney Webb Mint Press News June 14, 2018
 * The UAE In Yemen: With A Lot Of Help From Its Mercs - David Isenberg, LobeLog June 19, 2018
 * 200 UAE Soldiers Were Killed On The Aggression On Yemen - Al-Tharwa June 27, 2019

2019 Troop drawdown?

 * UAE scales down military presence in Yemen as Gulf tensions flare - Himalayan Times June 28, 2019
 * FEATURED: UAE reported not to be reducing forces in Yemen after all - Uprising Today June 30, 2019
 * Military reinforcements of "Southern Transitional council " arrives to Shabwah coming from Aden - Al Masdar July 4, 2019
 * UAE-backed troops withdraw following clashes with Shabwa tribesmen - Debriefer, July 7, 2019
 * Sources: UAE to hands over operations center in Al-Mocha for Saudi forces after withdrawing from al-Khokha - Al Masdar July 9, 2019
 * Yemen's UAE-backed forces take on life of their own amid Emirati drawdown - Casey Coombes, Fernando Carvajal ,MEE July 9, 2019
 * The lull in fighting with houthis in the west allows southern seperatist UAE proxies to regroup against muslim brotherhood and Hadi aligned authorities in the south.


 * The War on Yemen Just Went from Bad to Worse for Saudi Arabia - Andrew Korybko, Global Research July 22, 2019
 * We’re proud of the UAE’s military role in Yemen. But it’s time to seek a political solution. - Anwar Gargash, Washington Post July 22, 2019
 * But just to be clear, the UAE and the rest of coalition are not leaving Yemen. While we will operate differently, our military presence will remain. In accordance with international law, we will continue to advise and assist local Yemeni forces. We will respond to attacks against the coalition and against neighboring states. With international partners, we will stay vigilant in securing access to critical waterways.


 * UAE Won’t Leave Yemen But Won’t Follow Saudis to War with Iran Either - Randi Nord, Geopolitics Alert July 26, 2019
 * UAE IS PREPARING TO LAUNCH NEW MILITARY OPERATION IN SOUTHWEST YEMEN – REPORT - Southfront, October 6, 2019
 * UAE deeply involved in Yemen despite claims of withdrawal, experts say - Sheren Keahel, MEE, February 22, 2021

UAE Military Bases in East Africa

 * How Eritrea's Assab port became a major UAE naval base - Alex Mello and Michael Knights, War on the Rocks September 2, 2016
 * Abu Dhabi seeks to establish two large military bases, the first in the Eritrean port of Assab and another in the port town of Berbera, Somali­land, in an effort to control the stra­tegic Bab el Mandeb strait, between Yemen on the Arabian peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. Arab Weekly, February 19, 2017
 * UAE in Empire-Building Mode, Sets up New Base in Somalia - DebkaFile March 2, 2017
 * Analysis: Somaliland Has Set A New Setback For UAE Ambitions In The Horn Of Africa - UAE Leaks, October 3, 2019
 * UAE: The scramble for the Horn of Africa - Usman Butt, ''Middle East Monitor, January 31, 2021
 * UAE dismantling base in Eritrea following drawdown in Yemen - Al Monitor, February 18, 2021
 * UAE ‘Downsizing’ Eritrea Military Base - AP, February 19, 2021

Perim Island, Bab al Mandeb Strait

 * Ambrey Intelligence - on twitter, April 9, 2021 - Yemen's Belqees Channel shares rare footage of Perim Island (Mayyun) in the Bab el Mandeb strait, where UAE construction work on a new runway is nearing completion. Vessels calling at the island do not transmit AIS.

UAE military presence on island of Socotra
Moved to Socotra

Tariq Afash

 * Article: Tariq Saleh’s Defeat; Investigating Movement and Activities of Tariq Saleh in Yemen - ISWNews, December 3, 2019
 * Clashes break out between STC, Tariq Alash forces in Aden - Yemen Extra, June 12, 2020

Abuse and torture claims against the UAE

 * Human Rights Watch: UAE commits torture in Yemen - Middle East Monitor January 22, 2018
 * UAE Soldiers Threaten Yemeni Woman Into Denying Rape: - Abdulsalam Al-Dhahebi Mint Press, April 3, 2018
 * As the war started in Yemen 2015 with the Saudi-led coalition’s military intervention, it became increasingly clear Sudanese soldiers (the Janjaweed) were targeting women and girls as a war tactic: “rape was a weapon of war.”


 * Sexual abuses rampant in UAE-controlled prisons in Yemen Maggie Michael - Associated Press June 20, 2018
 * Disappearances and torture in southern Yemen detention facilities must be investigated as war crimes - Amnesty International July 12, 2019


 * Brutal Torture Ongoing in UAE-Run Prison in Aden - Al Masirah December 11, 2018
 * UAE accused of torture and running secret prisons - Video: Jonathan Rugman, Channel 4 news December 6, 2018


 * Pictures of the torture of a young man showing the humiliation of the sons of Yemeni southern provinces - Yemen Extra Jan 22, 2019
 * Yemeni mothers protest over sons held in secret UAE-run prisons - Al Jazeera, Jan 28, 2019
 * Emirati Activist Reveals Shocking Details Of Torture In Abu Dhabi Prisons In Yemen - Emirates Leaks, June 30, 2020

Analysis

 * Middle East: How is the UAE Changing Its Geo-Political Game? - Salman Rafi Sheikh, New Eastern Outlook, April 16, 2020
 * War in Yemen Reflects War within the Arab World - Salman Rafi Sheikh, New Eastern Outlook, May 6, 2020
 * UAE-backed STC in Yemen ‘secret friends’ with Israel - Middle East Monitor, June 22, 2020
 * Is Israel, UAE deal a pact of political desperation? - MK BHADRAKUMAR, Asia Times, August 15, 2020
 * We may expect a Israel-UAE convergence to counter Turkey’s Islamist policies and “neo-Ottomanism.”