Three gasoline trucks detonated near Abu Dhabi airport on Monday, 17 Jan 2022, killing one Pakistani and two Indians and causing a fire, according to Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia in the Drone Attack in Abu Dhabi.
The United Arab Emirates, a coalition partner, has armed and trained local Yemeni soldiers who have recently joined the fight with Houthi’s in Yemen’s energy-rich Shabwa and Marib provinces. Three persons were killed and six others were injured after three fuel tankers detonated, according to state news agency WAM.
Early Investigations
Initial investigations revealed parts of a small plane, which could have been a drone, at both sites, that caused the havoc, according to Abu Dhabi police.
According to a Houthi, the group has initiated a military offensive in UAE. Its senior negotiator, Mohammed Abdulsalam warned the UAE in case of Tampering in Yemen. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, a political analyst said that the UAE will not take this lightly adding that it was too soon to judge Abu Dhabi’s response.
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Proxy Fight Leading To Drone Attack in Abu Dhabi?
The Yemen war is considered a proxy war between Saudi Arabia, a Sunni Muslim country, and Iran, a Shi’ite country. Following the news of the drone attack in Abu Dhabi, its stock market index depreciated by 0.1%. In early trading, the index had risen as much as 0.3%. This act was denounced as a “cowardly and terrorist act by Bahrain and Saudi Arabia whereas no reaction was seen by Iranian officials, but its news agency names Tasnim described it as a “major operation.”
The UAE disputed reports in July 2018 that the Houthis had executed a drone attack in Abu Dhabi. But a month later after Houthi-run, media claimed they planned the attack, Dubai International Airport reported it was back to normal. Riad Kahwaji said that the smaller the drones are, it’s more difficult to detect and investigate them.
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