Socotra

Yemen's Houthi-led National Salvation Government (NSG) has condemned the Saudi-led coalition, and more precisely the UAE, over recent controversies relating to the country's Socotra island and the Mayun island in the Bab El-Mandeb Strait.…
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The Gulf State Analytics, a Washington-based geopolitical risk advisory organization, warned against bringing the Israelis to Socotra, Yemen, after Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv's normalization. Socotra is defined as "the jewel of the Gulf of…
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Described as the “Jewel of the Gulf of Aden” and the “most alien-looking place on Earth”, Socotra is Yemen’s otherworldly archipelago situated 150 miles from the Horn of Africa. In recent years, there has been growing geopolitical…
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Scores of Yemeni tribal leaders and dignitaries on the island of Socotra on Saturday called for the removal of hundreds of militants onto the archipelago by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its Southern Transitional Council (STC). The…
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A Yemeni tribal leader has accused the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia of letting Israel onto its island of Socotra. The accusation came in a statement by Issa Salem bin Yaqut, the chief of tribes in Socotra, who warned against…
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