- The UAE Is Unsafe So Long As Escalation Against Yemen Continues
- The Houthis will be expanding their bank of vital Emirati targets

Brigadier-General Yahya Sare'e, the spokesman of the Houthi Yemeni armed forces, said in an official statement that aired on Al-Masirah TV (Houthis-Yemen) on January 17, 2022 that the same-day drone strikes in Abu Dhabi that killed three and injured six had been a Houthi operation codenamed "Hurricane Yemen." He said that the attack was a successful retaliation for Saudi-Emirati-American escalation against the Houthis, and he said that the operation involved missiles and drones. He also warned that the Houthis will be expanding their bank of vital Emirati targets, and he said that the UAE should be considered an "unsafe mini-state" as long as it escalates its aggression against Yemen.

Yahya Sare'e: "This is a statement by the Yemeni Armed Forces. In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. The Lord says: 'Whoever attacked you, attack him the same way he attacked you.' Allah Almighty has spoken truly.

"In retaliation for the escalation of the Saudi-Emirati-American aggression, the Armed Forces have carried out, with the help of Allah, a high-quality, successful military operation - operation Hurricane Yemen - in which they targeted Dubai and the Abu Dhabi airports, the Musaffah oil refinery in Abu Dhabi, as well as a number of important and sensitive Emirati sites and facilities.