Saudi Calls For Yemen Talks as UAE Tensions Rise
A convoy of armoured vehicles makes its way along a street in the port city Mukalla, southern Yemen, on Jan. 1.
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Saudi Arabia called on Yemen’s southern factions to enter into talks in Riyadh aimed at finding “just solutions,” as clashes continued between Saudi-backed forces and separatist rivals backed by the United Arab Emirates.
The UAE’s ministry of defense said following the eruption of clashes that it has completed the withdrawal of all its armed forces from Yemen. according to a statement carried by the Emirates News Agency.