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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —\u00a0Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said it bombed the port city of Mukalla in Yemen over a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attack signals a new escalation in tensions between the kingdom and the Southern Transitional Council, which is backed by the Emirates. It also further strains ties between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, which had been backing competing sides in Yemen\u2019s decadelong war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A military statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency announced the strikes, which it said came after ships arrived there from Fujairah, a port city on the UAE\u2019s eastern coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGiven the danger and escalation posed by these weapons, which threaten security and stability, the Coalition Air Forces conducted a limited military operation this morning targeting weapons and combat vehicles unloaded from the two ships at the port of al-Mukalla,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was no immediate comment from the UAE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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