Emirati plan to enable Tariq Afash from Taiz

SANAA, Dec. 24 (YPA) – Military sources revealed the dimensions of the UAE’s intention to separate the city of Mocha and declaring it a new province by distancing it from the province of Taiz.

On Monday, sources told media outlets in the southern provinces that the UAE is trying to establish a new province in the west coast that includes al-Mocha and some Yemeni islands, and hand over its management to “Tariq Aafsh”, in order to negotiate with him in the future as an influential and authorized to manage those areas, like the Southern Transitional Council.

They stressed that the UAE continues to implement its plans with Yemeni hands, in an attempt to separate Mocha from Taiz, and to besiege  “Hadi forces” by introducing them into military conflicts and drowning them in a security chaos in the soil directorate southwest of Taiz province.

The same sources explained that the seriousness of the UAE plot will work to lose the province of Taiz its port and its important geographical location on the Red Sea, and put it into the focus of a new conflict.

The move is part of the UAE’s efforts to control coastal areas, in order to tighten its influence over such areas in order to achieve its economic objectives, as Yemen enjoys an important strategic position, due to its international shipping lines.

The importance of Mocha port comes due to its proximity to the international corridor in the Red Sea at a distance of 6 kilometers, while the Strait of Bab al-Mandab is of great importance to international trade, as it is considered a strategic route for oil trade between the Gulf states and the world, and allows direct communication between the Arabian Gulf and the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.

E.M