The British "Express" website reported that London sent special forces to Yemen in order to track down the perpetrators of the drone attack on the Israeli tanker Mercer Street in the Gulf of Oman on July 30.
And the British website stated in a report that a group of 40 members of the Special Air Force arrived the day before yesterday, Saturday, at Al-Ghaydah Airport in Al-Mahra Governorate, eastern Yemen, where local employees cooperating with the British Foreign Office are helping them to pursue mercenaries affiliated with the Houthi group, who are believed to be responsible for the attack. On the tanker, which was on a flight from Tanzania to the United Arab Emirates.
The British commando (special forces) team includes an electronic warfare unit, whose mission is to monitor communications.
The airport reached by British soldiers in Al-Mahra Governorate has been used as a military base for Saudi forces for years.
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The British special forces that arrived in Yemen are coordinating with the special operations forces of the US army, which are in the area before the arrival of the British team.
The website stressed that there are fears that Tehran handed over to the Houthis a long-range drone that attacked Mercer Street, explaining that US and Israeli intelligence believe that the long-range plane was launched from the east of Yemen.
The commander of the British armed forces, General Nick Carter, called on Western countries to respond to the attack on the Israeli tanker, which killed a former British soldier and a Romanian sailor.
In addition to Israel, Britain and the United States accused Tehran of being behind the attack, which the Iranian Foreign Ministry denied, warning that "the response will be strong and firm to any potential adventure."