ADuring this interview, Mohammed VI strongly condemned this act, which targeted civilian installations. The sovereign presented, on this occasion, his condolences to the authorities and the Emirati people for the human losses, and his wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured. The king then reiterated Morocco’s firm support for all measures taken by the United Arab Emirates to defend their territory against attacks by Houthi rebels.
In Abu Dhabi, three tank trucks exploded on January 17 “near the storage tanks” of the Abu Dhabi oil company, killing a Pakistani and two Indians, the official Emirati agency WAM reported. reporting six injuries. Additionally, a “minor fire“occurred in”the new construction area of Abu Dhabi International Airport”, added the agency without mentioning a victim. For their part, the Houthis claimed on their Al-Massira channel to have “targeted important and sensitive Emirati facilities and sites” using ballistic missiles and drones.
The attack on the Emirates, who warned that it would not remain “not go unpunished”, aroused international condemnation from Arab and Western countries, led by the United States, as well as from the UN. The Emirates are members of a Saudi-led military coalition that has supported government forces in Yemen since 2015 at war against the Iran-backed Houthis. Morocco is a former member of this coalition, which it left in 2017. In response to the Houthi attack, the first to kill on Emirati soil, this coalition announced that it had carried out air raids on Sanaa, the capital of Yemen in the hands of the insurgents. No indication could be obtained immediately on possible victims.