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Saudi Arabia and UAE planning new airport runway on occupied Socotra
2022-11-26
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A joint military delegation from Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and the UAE arrived on the Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i island of Socotra with the purpose of establishing a new runway at Socotra Airport to receive Saudi-led coalition aircraft, local sources reported on Thursday.

The sources said that the governor appointed by the government loyal to the coalition, Raafat al-Thaqali, was in the reception of the Saudi-Emirati military delegation, before he toured with the Emirati military delegation in the area that was designated for the military runway within the Socotra Airport.

Al-Thaqali held, during the past few days, a series of meetings with leaders from the coalition and local ones to discuss plans to establish a military runway for the coalition warplanes.

Since June 2020, Socotra Island has been under the sole control of Abu Dhabi forces, in addition to the presence of Saudi forces. Then, the Zionist entity’s interventions in Socotra Island were exposed, which, in coordination with Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, established a monitoring center on the Island, which occupies strategic importance in its location overlooking the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea.
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Socotra: 2022-10-18 UAE deploys senior intelligence officer to occupied Socotra island
Posted by:Fred

#1  The Pentagon has long had an interest in Socotra. Including a landing of Marines back in 2014. It wouldn't at all be a surprise that the USA has bought (and I mean bought) peace between Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi for its own purposes.
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672   2022-11-26 09:35  

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