Disappointment and military reinforcements .. The withdrawal of the UAE confuses the Saudi papers in Yemen

Some of the repercussions and initial effects of the withdrawal of the UAE militarily from Yemen on the Saudi ally and neighbor have begun to unfold, amid a state of ambiguity prevailing in the assessment of the size of the withdrawal and its real impact on the future of the war in Yemen for years.

And can touch a number of steps and actions that have emerged in the field or politically since the disclosure of the UAE step, the most important of which:

The first consequences of this withdrawal came in the form of Saudi military movements in the battlefields, where Yemeni military and government sources said that Saudi officers handed over the command of the military bases in the ports of Mukha and Nukhia, which were used by the UAE in its military campaign to control Hodeidah.

The sources added that Saudi Arabia has taken these measures to secure the two strategic ports after the UAE reduced its military presence in them significantly.

2 - Riyadh, according to the same sources, an unspecified number of troops to the temporary capital Aden, which includes one of the most important ports of the country, and spread forces loyal to the UAE.

3 - The same sources added that Saudi Arabia also sent troops to the small island of Prem in the Bab al - Mandab Strait.

The New York Times quoted Western diplomats as saying that the Saudis were deeply disappointed by the UAE decision, but an official at the Saudi embassy in Washington denied to the newspaper that Saudi leaders were dissatisfied with the UAE move, although implicitly conceding withdrawal as a method of military operations Coordinated by coalition forces.

5 - The newspaper also reported that officials of the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia intervened personally to try to dissuade Emiratis from withdrawing from Yemen, which indicates that the UAE move was not satisfied and coordination with the Saudi ally.

In addition to the repercussions of the UAE withdrawal, Saudi Arabia faces other problems and complications, including popular anger over its forces in more than one Yemeni city.

Local sources said today that Saudi-led forces fired into the air in an attempt to disperse protesters demonstrating in front of a camp of Saudi forces in the province of Haswain in Al-Mahra province in eastern Yemen.

Thousands of people from the province of Al-Mahra had carried out protest vigils in front of a number of newly established Saudi camps in the governorate. Where the vigils were carried out in front of the camps in Lusik in the town of Ghayza, the camp of Sihut, the camp of Rakhwat in the Directorate of Maseelah, the camp of Haswain and an active port camp.

Protesters raised banners calling for the departure of Saudi forces and demanded that the city's governor be sacked and brought to trial.

UAE Position
There is a lot of ambiguity surrounding the UAE's position in Yemen, in light of the news that the new steps came as part of the arrangements and understandings made by Emiratis with Iran, including other items.

The start came when a senior Emirati official told AFP that his country, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, was withdrawing troops from there as part of a "redeployment" for "strategic and tactical" reasons.

The agency quoted the UAE official as saying in Dubai that the UAE was moving from a "military strategy" to a "peace first" plan.

Later, the New York Times reported that the UAE was withdrawing its forces from Yemen at a rapid pace after it realized that the crushing war that had turned Yemen into a humanitarian disaster could not be won.

The newspaper quoted Western diplomats familiar with the details as saying that a reduction in the number of UAE troops had already occurred, driven by the desire to get out of a war too expensive even if angered by their Saudi allies.

The Emiratis avoided announcing the withdrawal step publicly to ease the discomfort of their Saudi counterparts, but Western diplomats noted that the Saudis were deeply disappointed by the UAE decision and senior officials at the Saudi royal court tried to discourage UAE officials from the withdrawal step.

Heavy losses
The new developments in Yemen are reminiscent of Saudi Arabia's massive losses in Yemen, where Riyadh employs tens of thousands of Sudanese troops, mercenaries and Yemeni recruits, 40 percent of them children, according to reports.

Saudi Arabia has also supported its military campaign in Yemen with 30 Apache planes and sophisticated US armor at Al Anad air base and Marib.

According to reports, Saudi Arabia suffered losses of at least $ 200 million a day in its military operations in Yemen.

The number of Saudi soldiers killed has reached more than 3,000, according to official statistics.