Intelligence sources have revealed that the United Arab Emirates is working to establish an airbase in an important strategic area.
Satellite images showed trucks with construction debris around the base, building foundations, and a two-kilometer runway at the strategic island Mayun off Yemen.
The UAE has denied the existence of an airbase on the island, but the online news site Messer obtained images from sources that took aerial photographs and monitored the area. The images showed a huge route built across the island that began construction years ago.
Yemeni sources told the Associated Press - under the condition of anonymity - that ships in the service of the UAE have in recent weeks transferred weapons, military equipment, and forces to Mayun.