The Yemeni Armed Forces have on Thursday praised the military operation carried out on Wednesday by the Alwiyat Al-Waad Al-Haq, or True Promise Brigades against the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Armed Forces spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e, said: “We bless the Jihad operation carried out by the Alwiyat Al-Waad Al-Haq against the Emirati enemy on Wednesday.”
نبارك العملية الجهادية التي نفذتها ألوية الوعد الحق_أبناء الجزيرة العربية ضد العدو الإماراتي يوم أمس الأربعاء، ونشكر لهم هذا الموقف المشرّف والمسؤول والمتضامن مع شعبنا العزيز ضد العدو الإماراتي العميل.
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“We thank them for this position and their solidarity with our Yemeni people against the Emirati agent,” the spokesman added.
The Alwiyat Al-Waad Al-Haq group, based in Iraq, claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the UAE on Wednesday, saying in a statement that it launched “four drones targeting vital facilities in Abu Dhabi” in retaliation for the Emirates’ policies in Iraq and Yemen.