“Yemen’s Aden airport has suspended flights amid a dispute between Saudi Arabia and the UAE over restrictions on air travel.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Illustrative photo: Pexels Source: Reuters
Details: Aden International Airport is outside Houthi control and is the country’s main air gateway. The flights were suspended due to a dispute between the two countries over restrictions on flights to the UAE.
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Literally: “The UAE supports the Southern Transitional Council (STC), which controls much of southern Yemen and is not under the internationally recognized government. Saudi Arabia, which backs the government, has seen the STC’s actions as a threat to its national security, sparking the biggest crisis in relations between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi in decades.”
Details: STC is said to control the Ministry of Transport in the coalition government, which has accused Riyadh of imposing the air blockade, saying Saudi Arabia required all flights to pass through its territory for extra checks. Later, according to the ministry, the Saudi side clarified that the restrictions apply only to flights between Aden and the UAE.
At the same time, a Saudi source denied involvement in the restrictions, saying that the requirement for flights between Aden and the UAE was imposed by the internationally recognized government of Yemen itself in order to contain the escalation of tensions. After that, the South’s controlled Ministry of Transport allegedly ordered a complete halt to air travel instead of enforcing the restrictions.
Prehistory:
- The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen carried out airstrikes on the port of Mukalla in the southeast of Yemen allegedly due to the supply of arms by the United Arab Emirates to support the separatist forces of the Southern Transitional Council.