Hadramout tribes prevent UAE forces from creating new camp on Arabian Sea

HADRAMOUT, June 04 (YPA) – Several tribal militants thwarted a new camp that UAE forces had tried to establish on the Arabian Sea, east of the city of Mukalla, the center of coalition-held Hadramout province.

Local sources familiar with the city said that Nimuri tribe prevented the UAE-funded Hadrami Elite” forces from establishing the camp in the Ras Baghshwa area of Hadramout’s Al-Deis district overlooking the Arabian Sea.

The sources confirmed that dozens of Nimuri tribe militants deployed around the area, where the Hadrami Elite forces are planning to create the camp on land owned by the tribe’s members, amid intense tension that threatens an armed explosion.

The leadership of the Emirati forces present at Al-Rayyan Airport is seeking to establish the camp under the name of the so-called “Coast Guard,” indicating to the Emirati moves to control by force of arms the land, which is considered the only outlet for the people of the area.

This came after the UAE forces prevented the tribesmen and fishermen from being present in Ras Baghshwa, after the armed man and Namuri tribes clashed, as al-Hamoum tribes intervened to stop the construction process in the region.

The Ras Baghshwa area is considered one of the most important advanced strategic areas on the Arabian Sea, where the UAE seeks to control to establish a camp for the so-called “Coast Guard,” and hand over it to the joint forces of the American-Israeli and British navies, as happened on Socotra Island since 2020.

The Ras Baghshwa area is located within the Sharma Natural Reserve, which was declared in 2001, which is considered also one of the most important natural marine environments and home to turtles in Hadramout.

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