The US intensified, on Monday, its airstrikes on the eastern regions of Yemen, despite these areas being under the control of the Emirati-Saudi coalition.
This coincides with the escalating tension between the two allies, with the kingdom heading towards separating the oil-rich region.
Exclusive – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
In the past few hours, American aircraft have carried out more than 4 airstrikes on the area between the Shabwa governorate, which is under the control of the UAE, and Hadramout, which is under Saudi control.
Local sources in the Al-Abr region, which is also close to the Saudi border, reported that two airstrikes targeted two civilian vehicles passing on the main road, while a third strike targeted a young man passing near the Al-Abr market.
An earlier fourth strike targeted a vehicle in the city of Ataq, in the center of Shabwa governorate.
Although the US has been carrying out intensive airstrikes on various Yemeni governorates for weeks, this is the first time it has expanded its aggression to the east of the country, where regional power centers are located.
Al-Abr, located on the outskirts of the Hadramout oil plateau, has turned into a major arena for the various Yemeni forces loyal to the coalition in the past few hours, where forces in Abyan and Shabwa are mobilizing youth there, according to media of the Transitional Council, as part of arrangements to declare a new alliance aimed at toppling Shabwa and Abyan.
The region has also witnessed the arrival of reinforcements from the Salafist factions associated with Al-Qaeda, known as the “Southern Giants” affiliated with the Transitional Council, as part of arrangements to escalate towards Wadi and the Hadramout desert in response to the declaration of tribal alliance there of self-rule for Hadramout, in addition to reports of a Turkish move to announce a new pro-Turkish alliance there, led by a leader with ties to the Syrian President Ahmad Al-Joulani, known as Abu Omar Al-Nahdi.
The motives for the recent airstrikes are not yet clear, although US President Donald Trump used them to market his propaganda about Yemen after the failure of his aggression against what he calls the “Houthis.”
The US had recently tried to narrow the gap in differences between the two allies in the war on Yemen as part of arrangements to shift its focus north, but it failed. The new conflict between the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the east of the country threatens the American plans on the western coast.
The airstrikes indicate America’s efforts to disengage the proxy conflict between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, despite their attempts to market what is happening as targeting Al-Qaeda, which threatens to overthrow these governorates, even though the organization is already divided in its loyalty between the two allies.
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