SANAA, Aug. 18 (Saba) – Socotra, is the largest of four islands of the Socotra archipelago in Yemen
In 2013, the archipelago became Socotra province, the island of Socotra constitutes around 95% of the landmass of the archipelago.
The island also measures 132 kilometers in length and 49.7 kilometers in width.
The island is very isolated and a home to a high number of animals species; up to a third of its plant life is endemic. It has been described as "the most alien-looking place on Earth.
The Emirati occupaition on the island began under the pretext of aid providing in 2015 and continue to now, the Yemen has suffered a devastating war. Socotra's people have broadly been suffered from the fighting.
The archipelago site of global importance for biodiversity and sometimes referred to as the "Galapagos of the Indian Ocean", it lies around 350km off Yemen's southern coast.
The UAE is a key partner in a Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting the army and popular committees since 2015 to restore resigned Hadi to power.
Emirati troops were first deployed to Socotra at the end of April, hundreds of soldiers were been were sent since then.
In October 2013 Saudi-backed Resigned Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi announced Socotra as an independent district, and Hadibu its main town.
Meanwhile, Saudi delegation travelled to Socotra to defuse new tensions on the island after the UAE deployed forces without informing Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
On [April 30]... the first Emirati military aircraft arrived carrying two armored vehicles and more than 50 Emirati soldiers, followed immediately by two other aircraft carrying tanks and armored vehicles and soldiers," Hadi' PM Bin Dagher said in a statement published to Facebook.
The Socotra archipelago of four islands and two islets was listed by UNESCO in 2008 as a world heritage site because of its rich and distinct flora and fauna, much of which can’t be found anywhere else on the planet, Bloomberg reported.
The UAE foreign ministry said it was "surprised" by resigned Hadi' prime minister's statement and blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for drumming up anti-Emirati sentiment over Socotra.
The UAE has occupied the airport and seaport of Socotra island, What the UAE is doing in Socotra is an act of aggression," Al Jazeera channel said.
That sparked anger among residents who argued that there were no fighters of Ansarullah movement on the island to justify such a deployment as UAE pretend , the source added.
The Yemen war has claimed nearly 10,000 lives since Riyadh and its allies joined the conflict in March 2015, triggering what the United Nations has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Written by Mona Zaid revised by Ahmed Al-Mutawakel
Saba
In 2013, the archipelago became Socotra province, the island of Socotra constitutes around 95% of the landmass of the archipelago.
The island also measures 132 kilometers in length and 49.7 kilometers in width.
The island is very isolated and a home to a high number of animals species; up to a third of its plant life is endemic. It has been described as "the most alien-looking place on Earth.
The Emirati occupaition on the island began under the pretext of aid providing in 2015 and continue to now, the Yemen has suffered a devastating war. Socotra's people have broadly been suffered from the fighting.
The archipelago site of global importance for biodiversity and sometimes referred to as the "Galapagos of the Indian Ocean", it lies around 350km off Yemen's southern coast.
The UAE is a key partner in a Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting the army and popular committees since 2015 to restore resigned Hadi to power.
Emirati troops were first deployed to Socotra at the end of April, hundreds of soldiers were been were sent since then.
In October 2013 Saudi-backed Resigned Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi announced Socotra as an independent district, and Hadibu its main town.
Meanwhile, Saudi delegation travelled to Socotra to defuse new tensions on the island after the UAE deployed forces without informing Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
On [April 30]... the first Emirati military aircraft arrived carrying two armored vehicles and more than 50 Emirati soldiers, followed immediately by two other aircraft carrying tanks and armored vehicles and soldiers," Hadi' PM Bin Dagher said in a statement published to Facebook.
The Socotra archipelago of four islands and two islets was listed by UNESCO in 2008 as a world heritage site because of its rich and distinct flora and fauna, much of which can’t be found anywhere else on the planet, Bloomberg reported.
The UAE foreign ministry said it was "surprised" by resigned Hadi' prime minister's statement and blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for drumming up anti-Emirati sentiment over Socotra.
The UAE has occupied the airport and seaport of Socotra island, What the UAE is doing in Socotra is an act of aggression," Al Jazeera channel said.
That sparked anger among residents who argued that there were no fighters of Ansarullah movement on the island to justify such a deployment as UAE pretend , the source added.
The Yemen war has claimed nearly 10,000 lives since Riyadh and its allies joined the conflict in March 2015, triggering what the United Nations has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Written by Mona Zaid revised by Ahmed Al-Mutawakel
Saba
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