The confrontation threatened to open a new front in Yemen’s decadelong war, with forces allied against the Iranian-backed Houthis possibly turning their sights on each other in the Arab world’s poorest nation long stalked by famine and disease.

A recent Saudi airstrike in Yemen’s Mukalla exposes deepening distrust between Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Targeting UAE-backed separatists, the strike has sparked tension over regional influence, military strategy,

The United Arab Emirates has agreed to end its operations in Yemen hours after Saudi Arabia demanded a full withdrawal, accusing the UAE of stoking division there. It followed a Saudi-led air strike on the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla,

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces. The UAE later said it would withdraw its forces from Yemen.

Yemen’s presidential council gave 24-hour deadline for UAE forces to withdraw from Yemeni territory - Anadolu Ajansı