Overview
- Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said Emirati actions in Yemen threaten the kingdom’s national security and warned it would take necessary measures.
- The Saudi‑led coalition struck a cargo at the port of Mukalla that Yemeni authorities alleged contained Emirati weapons for the Southern Transitional Council, with no casualties reported.
- Coalition statements said two vessels from Fujairah switched off tracking and unloaded arms and armored vehicles for CTS forces.
- Yemen’s internationally recognized leadership declared a 90‑day state of emergency, imposed a 72‑hour air, land and sea blockade, ended its defense pact with the UAE, and ordered Emirati personnel to leave within 24 hours.
- The UAE urged restraint and disputed the coalition’s account of the Mukalla cargo, while the CTS’s early‑December gains in Hadramut and Al Mahra deepen coalition fractures and raise concern the Houthis could benefit indirectly.