The confrontation threatened to open a new front in Yemen’s decadelong war, with forces allied against the Iran-backed Houthis possibly turning their sights on each other in the Arab world’s poorest nation,

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces. The UAE later said it would withdraw its forces from Yemen.

DUBAI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Yemen's more than decade-long civil war has flared up after ‌a ​United Arab Emirates-backed separatist movement swept through territory in ‌the south, splintering the Saudi-led coalition that was created to fight the Iran-aligned Houthi group.

Handover process between National Shield Forces, STC forces carried out smoothly during meeting attended by leaders from both sides, official tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates burst into the open this week with an unusually direct confrontation that has global implications.

Separatists in Yemen say Saudi warplanes have carried out airstrikes on a military camp in the port city of Mukalla and other areas

The civil war in Yemen began in 2014 after the Iran-backed Houthi movement overran the north of the country and took over the capital Sana’a. Saudi Arabia and the UAE intervened the following year, propping up the local government and militias under a unified vision of destroying the Houthis.