Yemen declared a state of emergency Tuesday and demanded that the UAE forces leave the country βwithin 24 hours, a call backed by Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh warned that its national security was a red line, the strongest language against Abu Dhabi yet, just hours after a Saudi-led coalition carried βout an airstrike on the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla, against alleged foreign military support to UAE-backed southern separatists.
Meanwhile, Yemen's presidential βcouncil head, Rashad al-Alimi, cancelled a defense pact with the UAE, the Yemeni state news agency said and accused the UAE in a televised speech of fueling internal strife in Yemen with its support to the Southern Transitional Council (STC).
The bombing followed tensions over the advance of STC, which issued a statement supporting the UAE's presence.
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