NYN | News
The U.S. Central Command has revealed the conduct of an international naval military exercise at the ports of “Eilat” and “Aqaba” in the northern Red Sea, with the participation of forces from the Coast Guard of the Aden Government. This move is believed to reignite the Yemeni crisis through an unprecedented escalation. The exercise, which involved 30 countries under the banner of enhancing cooperation in regional maritime security, was described by Yemeni sources as an attempt to create a new military reality that entrenches the Yemeni division by integrating the Saudi- and UAE-backed “Aden” forces into military operations alongside Israel, directly overseen by Washington, in a blatant violation of Yemeni sovereignty. The sources speculated that the use of strategic ports overlooking the Red Sea (Eilat and Aqaba) as launching points for future operations may target Yemen. The “Eilat and Aqaba” exercise raised questions about Israel’s covert role in the U.S. maneuvers, especially after it was revealed that military units from the “Aden Government” participated in military events at the “Eilat” port, which is a strategic outlet for Israel on the Red Sea. The port had previously been blockaded by Sanaa forces, forcing its management to declare bankruptcy multiple times during their operations supporting Gaza over the past fifteen months. Observers considered the participation of units from the Aden Government forces in this exercise as an unprecedented opening for public normalization, representing a blatant violation of Yemeni principles rejecting normalization. They affirmed that the exercise is not just a security maneuver but a cover for public normalization with the Israeli entity, within the framework of the U.S. plan to integrate Israel into regional alliances at the expense of both the Palestinian and Yemeni causes. This development signals a potential new flare-up of the Yemeni issue, as Washington attempts to transform the conflict into a proxy war between the resistance axis and the normalization alliance (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel), with the “Aden Government” being used as a tool to advance the American-Israeli agenda.
