Eritrea, which gave a 30-year lease to the Emiratis for the base, similarly did not respond to questions sent to its embassy in Washington. Barracks on the base housed Emirati and Yemeni troops, as well as Sudanese forces filmed disembarking in Yemen’s port city of Aden. The UAE announced in the summer of 2019 it had begun withdrawing its troops from the war, which still rages today. The UAE has used Chinese-made armed drones in the Yemen war to kill leaders among the Houthi rebels. UN experts have accused the UAE among other nations of funneling weapons into Libya amid its yearslong civil war.

Source: Egypt Independent February 18, 2021 08:03 UTC