The mysterious base in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Who is building the mysterious air base on the small volcanic island of Mayun in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait? The Saudi news agency did not report who is building the base. The United Arab Emirates did not respond to requests for comment
Dan Arkin
| 30/05/2021
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The command of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen announced over the weekend that it is supplying equipment to an island in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait where a mysterious air base is being built, and it is not clear who is building the base and its facilities.
The Saudi news agency did not report who is building the base on the volcanic island of Mayun that was also reported by AP. The Saudis only said that the equipment on the island helps the coalition support the recognized legal government in its struggle against the Houthis supported by Iran. The report by AP said satellite images revealed that a 1.85km-long runway was built on the island, and that reports that the island and its facilities belong to the UAE are unfounded.
However, military officials subordinate to the legal government of Yemen told AP that ships from the UAE transferred weapons, soldiers and equipment to Mayun in recent weeks. The Yemeni authorities expressed dissatisfaction over what is being done on the mysterious island, and the UAE declined to comment on the reports.
Defense News reported that the mysterious air base is being built on the volcanic island located in one of the most important maritime chokepoints in the world. Jeremy Binnie, an editor for Janes, wrote on the topic that it is possible that it is not only about the war in Yemen, "and you’ve got to see the shipping situation as fairly key there."
Who is building the mysterious air base on the small volcanic island of Mayun in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait? The Saudi news agency did not report who is building the base. The United Arab Emirates did not respond to requests for comment
www.google.com
The command of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen announced over the weekend that it is supplying equipment to an island in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait where a mysterious air base is being built, and it is not clear who is building the base and its facilities.
The Saudi news agency did not report who is building the base on the volcanic island of Mayun that was also reported by AP. The Saudis only said that the equipment on the island helps the coalition support the recognized legal government in its struggle against the Houthis supported by Iran. The report by AP said satellite images revealed that a 1.85km-long runway was built on the island, and that reports that the island and its facilities belong to the UAE are unfounded.
However, military officials subordinate to the legal government of Yemen told AP that ships from the UAE transferred weapons, soldiers and equipment to Mayun in recent weeks. The Yemeni authorities expressed dissatisfaction over what is being done on the mysterious island, and the UAE declined to comment on the reports.
Defense News reported that the mysterious air base is being built on the volcanic island located in one of the most important maritime chokepoints in the world. Jeremy Binnie, an editor for Janes, wrote on the topic that it is possible that it is not only about the war in Yemen, "and you’ve got to see the shipping situation as fairly key there."
