Police reported that “small flying objects” were found at both locations, suggesting the attacks were deliberate.
Three people were killed in Abu Dhabi on Monday in a suspected drone attack on an oil supply facility., police in the Emirati capital reported, while Yemeni rebels announced a major military campaign against the United Arab Emirates.
Two Indians and a Pakistani man were killed after a tanker truck explosion at an ADNOC oil company plant and a fire engulfed a construction area near Abu Dhabi airport.
Police reported that “small flying objects” were found at both locations, suggesting the attacks were deliberate. This type of violent action is unprecedented in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a place known to be a quiet place in the hectic Middle East region.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that small flying objects, possibly drones, were detected falling in two areas and may have caused the explosion and fire,” police said in a statement.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels did not claim responsibility for the actions, but a spokesman for these militias announced that they would launch a “major military operation in the United Arab Emirates.”
“The armed forces have indicated that they will announce major military operations in the UAE in the next few hours,” military spokesman Yahya Saree tweeted.
There was no formal claim of responsibility, but Abdul Ilah Hajar, adviser to the president of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council in Sana’a, said the attack was a warning from the insurgents.
“We send them a clear warning message by hitting places that are not of great strategic importance,” the official told AFP.
“But it is a warning: If the UAE persists in its hostility towards Yemen, it will not be able to withstand the next attacks in the future.”.
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Houthi rebels frequently use drones in their attacks against Saudi Arabia, who heads the international coalition involved in the war in Yemen to support the government. The Emirates also participates in this alliance.
Yemeni rebels have threatened to attack Abu Dhabi and Dubai, two jewels of the emirate that last year opened its first nuclear plant.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry “strongly condemned this cowardly terrorist attack,” while Bahrain accused “the Houthi terrorist militia of launching explosive drones.”
The Houthis’ announcement comes two weeks after the rebels seized the “Rwabee”, an Emirati ship., and spread images that allegedly showed military cargo on board the ship.
The Emirates maintain that the ship, whose crew is kidnapped, was a civilian cargo ship and warned that the abduction of these 11 people represents “a dangerous escalation” in the Red Sea.
The rebels rejected a call by the UN Security Council to immediately release the ship, saying that the ship “was not carrying toys for children but military equipment for extremists.”
The conflict in Yemen has caused tens of thousands of deaths and the exodus and other indirect consequences of the war have many civilians on the brink of famine, a crisis that according to the UN is the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world.
The Emiratis, along with the Saudis, they support the “Giants” brigade, a militia that assists the forces opposed to the rebels and which allowed pro-government troops to retake three districts in Shabwa province.
These clashes are part of an increase in violence in the country, where the war is played out on several fronts. (I)
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