UAE to withdraw ‘counterterrorism’ units from Yemen after Saudi-led strike

Al JazeeraCenterEN 1 min read 100% complete December 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM

AI Summary

short article 1 min

In December 2025, the UAE announced it would withdraw all of its counterterrorism units from Yemen. This decision followed air strikes launched by the Saudi-led coalition on a port in southern Yemen. The withdrawal comes amid accusations from Riyadh that the UAE was providing weapons and military vehicles to support Yemen's separatist movement. The Saudi-led coalition accused the UAE of aiding separatists in Yemen. Abu Dhabi has denied these accusations.

Key Entities & Roles

Key Player Opposition Context

Yemen's separatist movement 50% Riyadh 60% Abu Dhabi 60% Saudi-led coalition 70% Saudi Arabia 80% United Arab Emirates ×290% Yemen ×390%

Keywords

yemen 100% saudi-led coalition 80% uae 80% counterterrorism 70% withdrawal 70% separatist movement 60% air strikes 60% military vehicles 50% weapons 50%

Sentiment Analysis

Negative

Score: -0.30

Source Transparency

Source

Al Jazeera

Political Lean

Center (0.00)

Far LeftCenterFar Right

Classification Confidence

70%

Geographic Perspective

United Arab Emirates

This article was automatically classified using rule-based analysis. The political bias score ranges from -1 (far left) to +1 (far right).

Topic Connections

Explore how the topics in this article connect to other news stories

No topic relationship data available yet. This graph will appear once topic relationships have been computed.

yemen saudi-led coalition uae counterterrorism withdrawal separatist movement air strikes military vehicles weapons

Explore Full Topic Graph