YEMEN Press Agency

UAE transports 500 recruits from Socotra sons for training in Abu Dhabi

SOCOTRA, March 15 (YPA) – The UAE occupation forces have transported 500 recruits from Socotra province’s sons for military training in Abu Dhabi.

According to the sources on Monday, the UAE regime’s steps aimed at strengthening its grip on the archipelago of Socotra.

The sources said that the “UAE regime is making arrangements to transfer a new batch of recruits loyal to the so-called southern transitional council to take military training in the Emirates.

The UAE has intensified its acquisition of Socotra Island and brought in dozens of Israeli and European officers over the past few days.

During 2019, the UAE had recruited and trained a number of women in the island, and them in Abu Dhabi, in addition to recruiting a thousand young people from the island in September 2020.

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