Row over Socotra resolved

ADEN: Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher announced yesterday that a dispute over the island of Socotra sparked after the deployment of UAE troops has been resolved. “The crisis on the island is over,” Bin Dagher wrote on Facebook, adding that the crisis had “almost divided” the Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting the Houthi rebels. The announcement came a day after Saudi troops were deployed to the strategic island following tensions between Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the UAE, a key member of the coalition. Dagher’s comments come after an agreement was signed on Sunday evening with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, according to the Yemeni state news agency Saba. Under the deal the two countries’ troops will withdraw from Socotra.