UAE plans to take part in protection of Bab Al-Mandeb

side with the allied navies to secure the Yemeni coast until the Bab Al-Mandeb. This comes amid talk about the UAE having a strategic plan to expand military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz, the Yemen coast, Bab Al-Mandeb and until the coast of the Horn of Africa. The following 456-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the Saudi reaction. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/39 – Sept. 23, 2016]