Yemen evacuates stranded tourists from remote island after UAE troop pullout amid Saudi rift
Aden airport was closed last week by the separatist Southern Transitional Council amid a worsening rift between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which now support rival factions in the country's civil war. More than 600 stranded tourists were evacuated
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Aden airport was closed last week by the separatist Southern Transitional Council amid a worsening rift between the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which now support rival factions in the country's civil war. More than 600 stranded tourists were evacuated
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05:45 PM • January 10 2026 IST
Yemen completed on Saturday the evacuation of more than 600 tourists who had been stranded on the remote Yemeni island of Socotra after the United Arab Emirates withdrew its troops from Yemen last week amid a rift with Saudi Arabia.
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