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INFIGHTING between Saudi-backed militias broke out yesterday at an airport in the southern port city of Aden.
Riyadh-based exiled president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s presidential guard — backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — reportedly surrounded the airport after three days of fighting.
Helicopter gunships attacked the rival militia, killing three.
The militia have controlled the airport since the invasion in late 2015. They refused to hand over the airport to Hadi loyalists last week.
The UAE is a member of the Saudi-led coalition, and the only other nation with significant ground forces in the country.
Meanwhile in Somalia’s breakaway northern province Somaliland — which lacks international recognition — parliament voted to allow the UAE to build a military base there, across the Red Sea from Yemen.
The move, opposed by neighbouring Ethiopia and Djibouti, sparked vocal protests from nine MPs, who were removed.
