17 January 2022 14:46
Yemen’s Houthi movement affiliated with Iran launched a drone strike on the United Arab Emirates on Monday. At least three people were killed and six others were injured. The drone is believed to have taken off from Sanaa airport.
The Ansarullah Movement (Houthi militia) from Yemen, which is affiliated with Iran, has claimed to have carried out the drone strike on the United Arab Emirates. In the capital Abu Dhabi, authorities reported two major fires caused by drones. Saudi police informed state news agency You announced that three fuel tankers had exploded in the Musaffa industrial area near the warehouses of the ADNOC oil company. A fire also broke out at a construction site at Abu Dhabi International Airport. The drone is believed to have taken off from Sanaa airport.
Developing: Suspected drone strikes by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on oil tankers near the UAE’s Abu Dhabi airport and at the site of the Abu Dhabi airport expansion have resulted in multiple explosions and at least three deaths. #Abu Dhabipic.twitter.com/sUXHxNHJzE
— Alex Maceras (@AlexInAir) 17 January 2022
According to al Jazeera It is being told that three people were killed and six others were injured. Police have identified the dead as two Indians and one Pakistani.
Meanwhile, a military spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah movement spoke out and said Houthi fighters had launched a military operation “deep into the United Arab Emirates”. Houthi militias have been fighting a Saudi-led military coalition that includes the United Arab Emirates since 2014.
immediate | Shipping sources confirm suspension of traffic at airport #Abu Dhabi Armed forces announce targeting of Emirati depths after international
— Ansar Allah’s Media Center (@AnsarAllah_MC) 17 January 2022
Despite relentless air efforts and fighting on the ground, conflict in Yemen has largely stalled. Throughout the conflict since 2015, the Ansarullah movement has carried out rapid drone strikes against the Saudis and launched missiles at airports, oil facilities and military installations inside the kingdom. Since then, the Saudi military coalition has been bombing civilian facilities and critical infrastructure to supply the population, with millions of people in Yemen suffering from acute hunger, among other things, as a result of the blockade imposed by the Saudis on Yemenis.
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