RIYADH: The United Arab Emirates “exploited the legitimacy of the the coalition of restoring legitimacy in Yemen to achieve its own agenda (in Yemen)”, Salam Al-Khanbashi, the governor of Hadhramaut, said today.
“We thought the UAE would be a support and aid to us, but we were shocked by its actions,” he added
He confirmed that the province suffered from armed groups affiliated with Aidrous Al-Zubaidi, backed by the UAE.
Al-Khanbashi noted that these groups had carried out acts of invasion and terror against citizens, committing crimes of robbery, kidnapping, murder, and displacement, in addition to destroying state property and looting its premises, causing widespread damage to various segments of the province's population.
During a press conference, the governor of Hadhramout confirmed that the Yemeni government had discovered suspicious Emirati equipment and practices at the Rayyan base in Mukalla that are not consistent with the declared goals of the legitimacy support coalition or the principles of brotherhood, Islam, and Arabism.
