UAE sets up emergency aid bridge to Hodeida
10 SHIPS AND 3 PLANES LOADED WITH RELIEF TO BE SENT TO YEMENI CITY; LEADERS SEND EID VIDEO MESSAGE TO SOLDIERS ON NATIONAL DUTY
The UAE has set up an emergency aid bridge to Hodeidah consisting of 10 ships and three planes to carry thousands of tonnes of aid for the people of Yemen.
The ships that will be dispatched by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) will be loaded with 13,500 tonnes of foodstuffs, and the three flights will carry 10,436 food packages. The bridge was set up following orders from President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of ERC.
The aid will be distributed in liberated areas of Hodeidah Governorate.
Meanwhile, on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, in a video conference addressed members of the UAE Armed Forces deployed on the Red Sea Coast. They expressed pride in the nation’s brave soldiers performing their military duties in restoring legitimacy in Yemen and conveyed their well wishes on Eid Al Fitr.
Forces take control of airport
With the support of the UAE armed forces operating as part of the Saudi-led Arab coalition, the joint Yemeni resistance forces yesterday took control of Hodeidah airport.
The forces are currently besieging the Iran-backed Al Houthi terrorists on the southern parts of the city.
The joint forces captured a number of Al Houthi terrorist fighters.
Dozens of the Al Houthis were also killed in confrontations with joint resistance forces and as the result of air strikes launched by the coalition against their entrenchments. The swift advance was an important early success for the coalition forces, which launched three days ago the largest battle of the three-yearold Yemen war, dubbed operation ‘Golden Victory’.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday received Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates at Al Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi.
They exchanged Eid Al Fitr greetings with Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi of Sharjah, Shaikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi of Ajman, Shaikh Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Sharqi of Fujairah, Shaikh Saud Bin Rashid Al Mualla of Umm Al Quwain and Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah.
They also received Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and Crown Princes Shaikh Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi of Ajman, Shaikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Sharqi of Fujairah, Shaikh Rashid Bin Saud Bin Rashid Al Mualla of Umm Al Quwain, and Shaikh Mohammad Bin Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah.
Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, and Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, were present at the meeting.
Lt-General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs; Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council; Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation also attended the reception.
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid also received greetings from shaikhs, ministers, officials, ctiizens and residents at Zabeel Palace in Dubai while Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed received greetings in Abu Dhabi.
The Rulers also received well-wishers in their emirates.