Some key points: the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have been attacking Saudi Arabia for years, and now they’ve started to strike targets in the UAE.

Iran considers the fact that the UAE has normalized relations with Israel to be a big betrayal of the Palestinian cause. Iran, as everyone should know, is a big funder of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacks against Israel. Iran advocates for the complete destruction of Israel and funds virtually all the major jihadist groups in the region. Hizballah is, of course, also an influential Iranian proxy.

The America “military support to the UAE is expected to ward off threats by the Houthis, who launched a third missile attack in consecutive weeks.” Yet this proxy war with Iran is escalating as Iran is close to completing a nuclear bomb, and while America’s primarily focus is on Russia and the Ukraine.

“US sends missile destroyers, fighter jets to UAE to ward off Houthi attacks,” WION News, February 2, 2022:

The United States has decided to dispatch guided-missile destroyer and state-of-the-art fighter jets to help the United Arab Emirates (UAE) fight against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

In a phone call on Tuesday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Abu bin Zayed Al Nahyan that the Pentagon would send “guided-missile destroyer USS Cole to partner with the UAE Navy before making a port call in Abu Dhabi”, the US embassy in the UAE said.

Austin also told the crown prince that Washington would deploy fifth-generation fighter aircraft – a classification that includes US-made F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lighting II combat jets – to the UAE to “assist against the current threat”, according to a readout of the conversation released by the Pentagon.

Among other aid includes “continuing to provide early warning intelligence”, it added.

The military support to the UAE is expected to ward off threats by the Houthis, who launched a third missile attack in consecutive weeks on Monday.

The UAE, which is part of the Saudi-led coalition, has been fighting Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. In January, the gulf country had to face a series of missile attacks by the rebels.

On January 17, three foreign workers were killed in a drone-and-missile assault targeting Abu Dhabi’s oil facilities and airport.

A week later on January 24, the US forces stationed at Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra air base fired Patriot interceptors and scrambled to bunkers as two ballistic missiles were shot down over the city.