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Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC revealed that the construction of a mysterious airstrip on the Yemeni island of Mayun, which sits on the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, had been completed, the Associated Press (AP) reported on March 29.
The images show the airstrip, which allegedly belongs to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), had been painted with the designation markings “09” and “27” in its east and west respectively.
UAE forces landed on Mayun in 2015. The Houthis (Ansar Allah), who were at the time rebelling against the Yemeni government, were quickly expelled from the Island, which oversees one of the world’s crucial maritime routes for both energy shipments and commercial cargo.
In 2016, satellite images showed construction underway there. An attempt by the UAE to build a long three kilometer runway was made and failed.
The UAE announced later in 2019 that it had withdrawn its troops from Yemen. However, AP first reported the construction of the new airstrip on Mayun in 2021.
When the airstrip was first spotted, military officials in Yemen’s Saudi-backed government told the AP that the UAE was behind the construction. According to the officials, Emirati ships transported weapons, equipment and troops to the Island in recent weeks.
After initially denying, the Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis acknowledged having “equipment” on Mayun, according to AP’s new report.
The airstrip completed on Mayun has a length of 1.85 kilometers, which is still enough to support cargo aircraft and drones.
The work on Mayun follows the completion of a similar airstrip likely constructed by the UAE on the Yemeni island of Abd al-Kuri, which rises out of the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden. There have been also unverified reports about a UAE-Israeli plan to build a joint spy base on the strategic Yemeni Island of Socotra, which is held by the Southern Transitional Council, Abu Dahbi’s main proxy in Yemen.
Neither the Yemeni government nor the Houthis appear to be pleased with the UAE’s repeated attempts to establish a lasting foothold on the country’s strategic islands.
AP’s latest report came amid an unprecedented aerial campaign by the United States targeting the Houthis. President Donlad Trump ordered the operation on March 15 in response to the Houthis’ repeated attacks on Israel-linked shipping. It remains unclear if Washington has been receiving intelligence or logistic support from the UAE or any other members of the Saudi-led coalition.
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making it a new island for american and jewish vacationists for holidays!
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with a few missiles to send them scurrying away like cockroaches. all these quisling collaborator dictatorships, shady wahabia, kuwait, uae, qatar, bahrain, will be swept away in the coming war. along with shlomo and the amerikunts.
my mommys a$$hole is filled with gassy shyt and moshlom come which was delivered to her from the dyckk of the propfhet mahammat and her tranny goats right into my mommys head hole she is now a very satisfied goat in gayza blowing every goats nuts available in the rubble just to make a living before dying
most of the perpetrators were foreign militants; uyghurs, chechens and uzbeks affiliated with hts, and only a small percentage were syrians. following the downfall of assad, the hts-led government absorbed foreign jihadists into its military and appointed some to senior roles.”
in the early hours of monday, march 9, 2025, an alawite friend in damascus sent me this message after not responding to a text the night before:
cut and paste spamtard… seriously, even an a.i. isn’t this sloppy or retarded..
no the city will be destroyed, its wealth in one hour, and it utterly in one day. according to the revelation of john. not your prophecy.
“dear dan. i’m sorry. was broken. when [i] called a friend’s phone in latakia. to be answered by a jihadist. telling me that he killed her. offering me the same fate of my friend. i am sorry i didn’t reply to your call. i think i had a panic attack. breathing seems very hard now.”
my friend asked if i thought the jihadist was lying or whether her friend could still be alive. i said i prayed she was alive.
friday, march 7, 2025, is the date it may be said a genocide began in earnest in syria. reports published on social media and accompanied by gruesome videos—filmed by the killers themselves—indicate hundreds, if not thousands, of syrians (mostly alawites, but also christians) were killed in sectarian violence. according to witnesses interviewed by the grayzone, “
march 26, 2025
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“alawites to the grave; christians to beirut”.
— war slogan of anti-assad militants
by daniel kovalik
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as this article was written, syria experienced the worst days of violence since hay’at tahrir al-sham (hts)—formerly the al-nusra front of al-qaeda—took power from president bashar al-assad.
in any coming war in the region, the first priority should be to blast the quisling uae to kingdom come.
the war is coming right in my mothers filthy stynkin cont used up by a herd pof tranny mushlom goats wearing their mommys dresses
this letter in secrecy to protect my life and the lives of my family. i was deeply pleased to learn that you have been appointed as an adviser to the alawite association in the united states, hoping that you might help put an end to the systematic genocide aimed at the ethnic cleansing of the alawites.
mr. kovalik, i have witnessed firsthand what has happened.
the hasbara department really needs to up its game and recruit some better trolls. they seem to have fallen on hard times of late, and have to take any low iq operative they can get. sad, really.
nah blast tel aviv to kingdom come and then haifa, draw and quarter little odious landfill jew netanyahu and then deal with uae, saudi etc.
jihadi gangs, along with hay’at tahrir al-sham, stormed the coastal region, massacring elderly people, children, women and unarmed young men. they burned homes, livelihoods and everything that sustained our existence. i now live with my family in a remote village—six days without electricity or water. my friends in other villages are hiding in the forests with their families, despite
before noon, my friend wrote again, enclosing a photo of her friend, dead on the floor of her home, next to another dead woman. they were shot at close range. the accompanying message read : “she’s gone dan. that’s her in the pink pajamas. i just had some hope. her name was nagham. i hope she will be in a better place than syria.” greetings, i am an alawite girl from the syrian coast, a 26-year-old pharmacist. i am writing
using volunteer uae is a nice cover . for the saudi-led coalition cover . which is a nice cover for the greater israel project . which needs a spy base cover . fog of war creation for pre-press release .
dumb and dumber by design.
after that, thousands of other young alawite men were also detained. we have been dismissed from our jobs, while kidnappings, killings, and forced displacements continue.
i am hoping for help to stop this.
i am hoping to see my kidnapped brother again or at least to learn something about his fate.
i am hoping to return to my job and pursue the dreams that are being mercilessly destroyed.
i apologize for the length of my letter,
but our hearts are weary, and we place great hope in you.
the cold weather and the lack of food and milk for their children.
all of this has happened in just a few days… and beyond these recent events, over the past three months, 9,000 young men who were in the syrian army were arrested after surrendering their weapons under guarantees of safety. we have no information about them or their fate. my own 23-year-old brother is among them—i have not heard anything about him for three months.
huthi have still a lot of missiles and drones.
let the uae and saudi traitors fill up this strip with a lot costly miltec stuff, than huthi can send a few dozent drone and missile greetings as a warm welcome gesture.
transparent propgandas
i want to live in safety with my friends.
we are not remnants of the regime.
the forests, however, were not safe as hts forces, in an effort to kill those fleeing, burned entire woods to cut off escape. at the time of writing, my new pen pal was alive. while there is scant reporting on the massacres in the western press, the greek city times reported: the syrian network for human rights (snhr)
thank you.
she sent me grisly videos, which the killers had posted on social media:
there are many more, but my heart can’t take it anymore.
please, help us. they want to exterminate the alawites, that’s what they’re saying.
we are now fleeing in the forests.
please, i’m sending this to you. if they find out, they will kill me and my family.
please, we want peace.
i want to see my kidnapped brother.
if yemen thinks iran and russia are going to save them, they better take a close look at syria…heheheh
our little weenie hooknose dumbass shlomo dont understand that russia, iran and hisbollah stop the support for damascus because of the islsmists takeover.
and dont worry about houthi, they are bigger and stronger than taliban, who kicked out us and nato clowns out like little bitches.
water closet. flush the dump.
campaign appears higher than the official figures. greek european union minister nikolas farantouris, who spent two days in damascus during the weekend of violence, reported: reliable data indicate 7,000 christians and alawites slaughtered and unprecedented atrocities against civilians…communities with a millennial presence in this region are at risk of extinction.
the latest massacres mark a sharp escalation though, with disturbing videos seen by greek city times showing the execution of civilians, women, children and the elderly. one video shows the turkish-backed jihadists desecrating a christian icon in tartus. the militant says, “our guardian is allah, and you have no guardian,” accusing christians of idol worship. the number of those murdered in what is clearly a genocidal
they don’t need any such “saviors”: they already defeated saudi arabia, which is almost as good as defeating the usa itself.
you truly is a bad smelling turd contaminating this commentary. jump before a fast moving train idiot!
your mom gave birth to a bad smelling turd…heheheh
the christian churches, while strongly condemning any act that threatens civil peace, denounce and condemn the massacres targeting innocent civilians, and call for an immediate end to these horrific acts… surprisingly, the u.s. department of state published a statement on march 9 which accurately described the violence and stated it condemns the killers and, “the united states stands with …
you shouldn’t keep putting your nose so close to your arse.
syria’s religious and ethnic minorities, including its christian, druze, alawite and kurdish communities despite this condemnation, the u.s. and its military—which continues to occupy one-third of syria— continues to collaborate with hts leaders and the u.s. military has been working behind the scenes to negotiate a deal between hts and various militia forces in order to unify the country under hts rule
syriac orthodox, greek orthodox and melkite catholic) released a joint statement on march 8, stating: in recent days, syria has witnessed a dangerous escalation of violence, brutality, and killings, resulting in attacks on innocent civilians, including women and children. homes have been violated, their sanctity disregarded, and properties looted—scenes that starkly reflect the immense suffering endured by the syrian people.
said on friday that more than 225 people have been killed since thursday. however, this is believed to be a gross underreporting, with activists on the ground, such as coast youth forum, believing the death toll could be as high as 1,800… syria’s new regime, led by so-called transitional president ahmad al-sharaa, has for months been massacring the alawite minority, as well as christians, under the guise of eliminating remnants of the former assad dictatorship…
yemenis don’t need anyone to “save” them, they are real men, not zio cockroaches and their goy whores.
this may have many ramifications: uae is best friend with israel but is also allegedly supporting the rsf in sudan (unlike saudi arabia and egypt, who support burhan)
this, despite the fact that hts and its leader al-jolani himself, continue to remain on the u.s. terrorism list. for its part, the european union (eu) released a statement that was indicative of most of the western coverage of events:“the european union strongly condemns the recent attacks, reportedly by pro-assad elements, on interim government forces in the coastal areas of syria and all violence against
only ai can solve the war in ukraine. humanity spreads corruption, ai cleans it.
civilians.”unsurprisingly, after the weekend killing spree, al-jolani was invited to brussels. to its credit, the european conservative condemned the invitation the european commission, led by ursula von der leyen, has invited the interim syrian government to brussels for a donor conference. this decision—designed to promote investment in the country to secure strategic resources—comes just days after the
they tried they failed miserably, and again and again against yemen.
rubbish they played theatre of driving oil prices up. still are. the houthis are all well aware i’ll bet.
yara saleh [source: photo courtesy of dan kovalik]
yara, while reporting in 2012, was kidnapped by the free syria army (fsa) just outside damascus and held for six days, until she was rescued in a daring mission by the syrian arab armed forces (saa). yara’s kidnapping and rescue became the subject of a movie which my delegation was invited to watch at its premier. i contacted yara afterwards, to hear the story in her words.
massacre of thousands of civilians from ethnic and religious minorities at the hands of the army and militias affiliated with the islamist terror group hayat tahrir al-sham (hts). despite the severity of these events, the european union continues to provide financial and political support to the new syrian administration without questioning its ties to these extremist groups.
almost a decade later, yara was still shaken by the earlier abduction. she was thin, ate nothing, and chain-smoked as she told her story. she told me she was traveling with a driver (hussam imad), a cameraman (abdullah tabreh) and an assistant (hatem abu yehya) to report on clashes between the saa and forces she described as “armed terrorist groups.” she wanted to report on the impact of the burgeoning war and the terrorist threats upon civilians.
they were driven to a location with hundreds of other armed militants. en route, one of the captors held yara’s head down between her legs.
yara said the militants appeared to be led by a foreign sheikh. i would later hear similar stories elsewhere in the country, like douma and jabar. in these areas, terrorists took over the cities via long tunnels connecting them to jordan, from where they entered, and began to kidnap,
beat and enslave people and kill those of religious faiths different from the fanatical doctrine of wahabism, which was advocated by the terrorists. one of the first questions yara and her colleagues were asked was of their religious background. all of them were of “mixed” traditions in yara’s words. yara stood out because she wore make-up and no head covering. i found out recently yara is an alawite. like many of her fellow syrians,
yara sees herself as syrian first, an identity more important to her than her religious sect. h tt p s://strate gic-cu ltur e.su/n ews/2025 /03/26 /geno cide-i n-sy ria/
the yemenis need to destroy these zionist bases with drones and missiles. the emirati cowards will flee if a few are killed.