UAE occupation forces sweep away trees in Yemeni Socotra island
ADEN, Feb. 6 (YPA) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been sweeping away rare natural medical trees in Yemen’s famous island of Socotra, according to local officials, residents and activist.
ADEN, Feb. 6 (YPA) – United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been sweeping away rare natural medical trees in Yemen’s famous island of Socotra, according to local officials, residents and activist.
Dragon Blood trees, known locally as Dam al-Akhawain, or blood of the two brothers, have been cut, wiped out and swept away by UAE occupation forces, they reported.
Socotra was listed by the United Nations as the World’s most important natural reserve.
“What the Emirates are doing on the Yemeni island of Socotra is an ugly biological massacre,” activist Abdul Fatah al-Hakimi wrote on his Facebook page.
Al-Hakimi called on environmental protection organizations to
condemn the UAE’s move, and to stage a world campaign to protect the island.
Sameera Hassn