The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday rejected media reports they are associated with talks with the United States over a possible land offensive by military factions in Yemen versus the Houthi group that manages much of the nation.
The UAE’s assistant minister for political affairs Lana Nusseibeh explained the reports as “wild unverified stories” in a declaration to Reuters.
A Saudi main source likewise rejected the reports later on in the day. stating they were incorrect.
The Wall Street Journal on Monday reported that Yemeni factions were preparing a ground offensive along the Red Sea coast to make the most of United States battle of the Houthis which the UAE had actually raised the factions’ strategy with United States authorities.
Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Yemeni forces opposed to the Houthis remain in talks with the United States and Gulf allies about a possible land offensive.
The UAE became part of a Saudi-led union that released a military project in Yemen from early 2015 to support the Gulf-backed federal government versus the Houthis, who had actually taken the capital Sanaa in 2014.
The UAE’s elimination from Yemen
The UAE ended much of its existence in Yemen in 2019 and significant combating in the civil war stopped briefly in 2022 with a truce and peace talks, leaving the Houthis in control of the majority of the west of the nation, which is home to most of the population.
The Houthis, who are carefully lined up with Iran and opposed to Israel, started assaulting Red Sea shipping in November 2023 in what they stated was a program of uniformity with Palestinians in Gaza.
United States President Donald Trump intensified airstrikes versus the group in March.
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