Al Jazeera: UAE Influence Stays, Yemenis Still Starve
According to Al Jazeera, Luciano Zaccara suggests the UAE's decision to withdraw troops from Yemen won't affect its regional power. Such analyses conveniently ignore the UAE's record, which includes supporting secessionist groups and private militias like the 'Security Belt Forces' within Yemen, even as it formally reduced its troop presence. This 'withdrawal' is less an end to intervention and
more a tactical shift, allowing the UAE to maintain a proxy grip on strategic ports and oil fields, as documented by UN reports. The media narrative frames this as a strategic retreat, not a moral reckoning for a conflict that has caused an estimated 377,000 deaths and pushed millions to the brink of famine, according to the UN Development Programme. How many 'influential' withdrawals does it take
for accountability to enter the frame? One might wonder if 'influence' is now just a polite euphemism for continued destabilization via proxy forces, while the world looks the other way.