Socotra
Somalia rejects ‘ridiculous’ UAE incentive to join Yemen war
MEMO | June 30, 2020
Somalia has rejected as “ridiculous” an offer made by the UAE for the African state to join the war in Yemen in return for financial incentives, the country’s foreign minister has revealed.
Yemen: Socotra suspends Emirates Airline flights to stop UAE mercenaries
MEMO | September 9, 2019 Amid allegations of UAE-backed foreign mercenaries arriving on the Yemeni island of Socotra, it was reported yesterday that the island’s main airport has temporarily suspended flights from UAE’s Emirates Airline for three days. According to the Socotra Post, local intelligence suggests the UAE intends to deploy additional mercenaries from the […]
Yemen: Another Shameful US Defeat Looms
An official confirmation by the Trump administration of it holding discreet talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels indicates a realization in Washington that its military intervention in the Arab country is an unsalvageable disaster requiring exit.
Trump Doubles Down on His Island-Buying Spree
There is sudden rush by countries for island real estate. Some of this “island fever” is driven by global climate change. Some countries are looking for strategic advantages in a new geo-political order, one where American influence has drastically ebbed.
Trying to Hold Its Own, Yemeni Island of Socotra Figures in Both Saudi and Emirati Plans
SOCOTRA, YEMEN — A.S. al-Socotri remembers fondly the strange beauty of the quiet island of Socotra with its amazing dreamlike vegetation, with no boats in the sea, no lights, no planes in the sky. “Now,” al-Socotri, a resident of the island, tells MintPress, “a never-before-seen military build-up has changed the reality on this quiet Island.”
NATO’s Emerging Outsourced Eastern Flank
By Wayne MADSEN | Strategic Culture Foundation | 21.04.2017 A series of moves by NATO’s Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) partner, the United Arab Emirates, has many observers in the Indian Ocean littoral nations wondering out loud whether the «North Atlantic» military pact is moving into the Indian Ocean and Arabian Peninsula, courtesy of an «outsourcing» […]
Saudi Arabia Builds Naval Base on Occupied Yemeni Island
Al-Manar | August 17, 2015 Saudi Arabia has invaded and occupied Yemen’s strategic Island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean and is now building its biggest naval base there, Fars news agency reported. “Hundreds of workers from Asian countries have been deployed by the Saudi navy to construct the kingdom’s naval base on the island,” […]