Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port city over weapons shipment from UAE for separatists

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JON GAMBRELL
Updated 7:28 AM CST, December 30, 2025
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday after a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates arrived for separatist forces in the war-torn country, and warned that it viewed Emirati actions as “extremely dangerous.”

The bombing followed tensions over the advance of Emirates-backed separatist forces known as the Southern Transitional Council. The council and its allies issued a statement supporting the UAE’s presence, even as others allied with Saudi Arabia demanded that Emirati forces withdraw from Yemen in 24 hours’ time.

The UAE called for “restraint and wisdom” and disputed Riyadh’s allegations against it. It did not say whether it would withdraw.

The confrontation threatened to open a new front in Yemen’s decade-long war, with forces allied against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels possibly turning their sights on each other in the Arab world’s poorest nation.



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[gab13by13]

1. Oh Dear,

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are fighting over the leadership in Yemen.

It appears that the United States is backing Saudi Arabia and Israel since we blew up a port in Yemen.

It also appears the US is supporting Israel and Saudi Arabia when we bombed Iran.

It also appears we support rich fossil fuel oligarchs when we bombed a dock in Venezuela.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Krasnov campaign on not being the world's policeman?

Meanwhile, after Krasnov is pissing off a lot of people, he has our FBI focused on arresting brown people all across the country, and not focused on stopping terrorism.
Not to worry, if a terrorist event does happen in the US, Krasnov can always blame Biden.

The anti-Christ, Jared Kushner, has got this situation under control. Krasnov will still get his golf courses built in the ME and his tower built in Gaza, just have to eliminate the troublesome little people.

[Igel]

3. Yemen's complicated.

There used to be three sides, but one's undergoing fission (it would appear).

There are the Houthi's. There's a AQ-related group that's lurking.

There used to be the Presidential Leadership Council. It was the big player in the south, supported by the non-Iran-aligned countries in the area, versus the Houthis (which are Shi'ite and rabidly anti-Israel).

Apparently the new group, Southern Transitional council, is an important member of the PLC that's just decided to play a more important role apart from the coalition it has a seat on. (So the lack of clarity is sort of due to a lack of clarity.) But it's taken ground not only from the Houthis but also from the PLC, so the warfare isn't just against "the enemy" but also internecine.

https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/12/30/a-lightning-advance-by-separatists-has-reshaped-yemens-civil-war
which is paywalled, for non-pay access there's https://archive.is/gIdEd

Don't like the Economist, there's the Ikhwany https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/25/saudi-arabia-demands-yemeni-separatists-leave-seized-governorates option. Or the Council on Foreign Relation's https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/war-yemen .


One could see the petroleum issue as just us/US-centered. On the other hand, the PLC needs revenue to continue to function and oil's going to be part of that. Deprive it of funding, the PLC will lose 'umph'. Meanwhile, the STC will get that revenue. (I'm not going to figure out how they see the crude--whether it's through the Sa'udis over land or to them or elsewhere by ship. And maybe I'm wrong and the crude oil's just kept in the ground for now.)

[Lovie777]

2. It could be social media................

instant news and information which might for real or not.

That said, the news, information, etc. is instant and constant.

And where I sit, seems like the world is in turmoil, hatred ensures, beliefs challenges, superiority of which country or ideology will prevail.