Overview
- The coalition said a limited airstrike at Mukalla targeted weapons and combat vehicles unloaded from two ships that arrived from Fujairah with tracking systems disabled, reporting no casualties or infrastructure damage.
- Saudi Arabia publicly called the UAE’s role “highly dangerous,” declared its national security a red line, and urged Abu Dhabi to halt military and financial support to Yemeni factions.
- Presidential Leadership Council chief Rashad al-Alimi declared a state of emergency, cancelled a security pact with the UAE, and imposed a 72-hour air, sea and land blockade with limited exemptions.
- The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council recently seized Hadramawt and Al-Mahra, and Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman urged STC forces to hand over the governorates peacefully.
- Open-source tracking pointed to at least one vessel that had been in Fujairah before reaching Mukalla, while the United States’ top diplomat Marco Rubio urged restraint and continued diplomacy.