UAE Dismantling Eritrea Base, Reflecting Scaled Down Ambitions in Yemen

 

Port and Airstrip were built for Yemen War

Jason Ditz 

Posted onFebruary 18, 2021CategoriesNewsTagsEritrea, UAE

Satellite images show that the United Arab Emirates are dismantling parts of their military base in Eritrea, and may be pulling back from a base hugely expanded in 2015 as part of their ambitions of the Yemen War.

At the time, the UAE expanded the port there and installed a new airstrip, which were meant to facilitate getting Sudanese troops to Yemen. Thousands of Sudanese troops were ultimately sent to Yemen.

The war still isn’t going too well, and some are suggesting this not only reflects the UAE rethinking their planned regional power goals, but possibly how involved they intend to be in Yemen going forward.

If true, the real question here might be for Sudan, whose troops are still in Yemen, and may not have a ready-made ticket home, assuming the war is ever resolved.

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