THE UAE IS SUSPECTED OF BUILDING A MYSTERIOUS AIRBASE ON A VOLCANIC ISLAND
A mysterious airbase is been built on a volcanic island off the coast of Yemen
A mysterious airbase is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world’s crucial maritime chokepoints for energy shipments and commercial cargo.
While no country has claimed the Mayun Island airbase in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, shipping traffic associated with a prior attempt to build a massive runway across the 3.5-mile-long island years ago links back to the United Arab Emirates.
Officials in Yemen’s internationally recognised government say the Emiratis are behind this latest effort as well, even though the UAE announced in 2019 it was withdrawing its troops from a Saudi-led military campaign battling Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Emirati officials in Abu Dhabi and the UAE’s embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment
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