"THIS SINFUL TARGETING...": A STERN WARNING FROM THE UAE AFTER A DRONE ATTACK KILLED 3 PEOPLE.

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Abu Dhabi: The UAE has threatened retaliation after a drone attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday resulted in a petrol tank explosion in Abu Dhabi, killing three people.

The UAE is a member of a Saudi-led military coalition that backs Yemen's government against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have targeted Saudi Arabia with cross-border attacks on several occasions.

However, this is the UAE's first deadly attack on its own soil, as claimed by the rebels, who stated they fired ballistic missiles and used armed drones.

Three fuel tanks exploded at a storage facility, killing two Indians and a Pakistani employee of oil company ADNOC, while a fire broke out in a construction area at Abu Dhabi airport, a famed safe haven in the tumultuous Middle East.

"Small flying items, possibly belonging to drones," according to police, were discovered at both locations. Drone attacks have been a recurring theme in the rebels' attacks on Saudi Arabia.

"We condemn the Huthi terrorist militia's targeting of civilian places and facilities on UAE soil today... this horrific criminal escalation will not go unpunished," UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan stated in a statement.

Using both ballistic missiles and drones, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said that they had "carried out... a successful military operation" against "vital and sensitive Emirati locations and installations."

The attack comes after a rise in combat in Yemen, which has included advances by UAE-trained troops. Earlier last month, the rebels seized a UAE-flagged ship and its international crew.

The "terrorist" incident was condemned by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. According to the coalition, eight Houthi drones aimed at Saudi Arabia were also intercepted.

The separatists have threatened to attack Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the UAE's gleaming crown jewels, which opened its first nuclear power plant last year.

- 'Clear warning,' according to Abdul Ilah Hajar, assistant to the president of the Houthis' Supreme Political Council in Sanaa, the rebels fired a warning shot.

"By bombing sites that were not of major strategic importance, we sent them a clear warning message," he told AFP.

"However, it is a warning that if the UAE continues to be hostile to Yemen, it will be unable to resist further strikes."

Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry condemned "the heinous terrorist act" "in the strongest terms," while Bahrain and Qatar also condemned the strikes.

The hijacking comes two weeks after the rebels published film purporting to show military equipment on board the UAE-flagged Rwabee.

The hijacking of the Rwabee, a "civilian cargo vessel" with 11 crew members, was described by the UAE as a "dangerous escalation" in the busy Red Sea maritime route.

Later, the rebels rejected a UN Security Council demand for the ship's immediate release, claiming it was "carrying guns for extremists rather than presents for children."

Yemen's conflict has been a disaster for millions of its residents, who have abandoned their homes, many of whom are on the verge of starvation, in what the United Nations has dubbed the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Before announcing a shift in strategy in 2019, the UAE joined the alliance against the Houthis.

The pro-government Giants Brigade troops, backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, recently dealt a major blow to the rebels by retaking three districts in the Shabwa governorate.

The skirmishes were part of a spike in violence in the war-torn country, which is fighting on multiple fronts.

 

 


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