Both the General Command of the UAE Armed Forces and the Minister of State for Defence Affairs received the Aden-based troops after they had completed the process of handing over control to Saudi and 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 forces, who will now maintain its security and stability as per a strategy to guarantee the preserving of military gains.
The statement said that the forces returning from Aden governorate in southern Yemen had liberated the governorate from both the Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s and terrorist actors on 17 July 2015.
UAE forces will resume jointly with their allies fighting terrorist organizations in other southern Yemeni governorates, the statement added.
The statement concluded by emphasising the commitment of the UAE Armed Forces to the Arab Coalition’s goal of protecting the interests of the people of Yemen.