UAE transports weapons, mercenaries of various nationalities to Socotra

SOCOTRA, Sept. 9 (YPA) – Socotra airport authorities have suspended flights in the face of UAE’s flights, which are increasingly transporting mercenaries of various nationalities to the island, local sources said, raising fears among residents that are using them to destroy security and peace in the archipelago.

According to a military source, intelligence indicates that the UAE intends to recruit mercenaries from the port of Assab in Eritrea and other countries and its militias in the southern provinces to take control of the island.

Earlier, an official in the exiled Hadi’s government said that the UAE had smuggled weapons and stored them in buildings with investment signs, stores used to store aid and commercial goods and buildings belonging to the so-called UAE Red Crescent and Khalifa Foundation, pointing out that the UAE is seeking to convey chaos to Socotra province.

Last week, dozens of mercenaries of “Indian and Bengali” nationality arrived on the island, and in recent months they have transported hundreds of Young people of Socotra to Abu Dhabi to receive training within the so-called “security belt” in preparation for a coup against Hadi’s forces on the island.

E.M