AFTER A DRONE STRIKE BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SAUDI ARABIA RETALIATES AGAINST THE HOUTHI REBELS.

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In a strike on Sana'a, 14 people were killed, and eight drones were intercepted by the coalition.

An air strike in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a killed at least 14 people, as the Saudi-led coalition retaliated for a fatal attack on Abu Dhabi that heightened Gulf tensions.

The UAE, which is fighting Iran-backed rebels as part of a Saudi-led coalition, had promised a harsh retaliation for Monday's assault, which was the first deadly assault acknowledged within its boundaries and claimed by Yemeni insurgents.

On Tuesday, the coalition conducted more assault in Sanaa, "targeting Huthi camps and headquarters," according to Saudi Arabia's state-run Al-Ekhbariya TV.

Crude prices climbed to seven-year highs, fueled in part by the attacks, which resulted in the deaths of three people when fuel tanks near ADNOC storage facilities detonated. The Houthis later issued a warning to UAE residents to stay away from "important installations."

Yemen occupies a strategic position on the Red Sea, a critical conduit for oil from the resource-rich Gulf, and has killed hundreds of thousands of people in its nearly seven-year war.

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed decided to "jointly face up to these acts of aggression" in a phone call after the assaults, according to UAE official media.

The rebel offensive established a new front in Yemen's war, lowering prospects for a conclusion to the conflict, which has uprooted millions in what was already the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula.

The US promised to hold the Houthis accountable, while the United Kingdom, France, and the European Union all condemned the attack.

"These attacks put the UAE's security and regional stability in jeopardy," French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.

The attack on Abu Dhabi comes after a rise in fighting in Yemen, which included advances by the UAE-trained Giants Brigade, which drove rebels out of Shabwa region.

The Houthis' months-long campaign to conquer Marib, the government's last stronghold in the north, was thwarted by the setback.

The Houthis kidnapped the UAE-flagged Rwabee in the Red Sea earlier this month, claiming it was carrying military material – an allegation denied by the coalition and the UAE. The ship's 11 multinational crew members have been kidnapped.

The civil war in Yemen began in 2014, when the Houthis took control of the capital, Sanaa, forcing Saudi-led forces to enter the following year to back up the government.

Millions of citizens have fled their homes as a result of the fighting, with many on the verge of starvation in what the United Nations deems the world's biggest humanitarian disaster.

By the end of 2021, the United Nations estimates that the war would have killed 377,000 people, both directly and indirectly via hunger and illness.

"The Yemen war has no end in sight," Elisabeth Kendall, a researcher at Pembroke College at the University of Oxford, told AFP.

"Rather, the struggle is intensifying, with new fronts emerging both locally and regionally."



 

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