Military officials in Yemen said that the UAE Air Force destroyed an Iranian-made drone in Yemen intended to target government troops battling Houthi rebels near the Red Sea. According to the reports, Major General Ahmed Saif Al Yafei said the incident occurred in the area around the port of Al Mokha, the scene of heavy fighting between Yemeni forces and the rebels, who are backed by Iran. The UAE is a member of a mostly Gulf Arab military coalition led by Saudi Arabia that is backing Yemen’s internationally recognised government in a nearly two-year war against the Iran-allied Houthi group. There was no immediate reaction to the allegation by Iran or the Houthi group, which has repeatedly denied Gulf Arab accusations that it serves an Iranian agenda in Yemen or has been armed by the Islamic Republic.
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