BEIRUT, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the attack on Abu Dhabi Airport today (Monday), affirming his solidarity with the United Arab Emirates.
Mikati said, according to a statement issued by his office, “All our solidarity with the United Arab Emirates, the president and the people, once morest this blatant aggression, which falls within the context of threatening security and stability in the Emirates and within a scheme aimed at confusion and sending bloody messages, which was never the solution.” of any dispute.
The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also strongly condemned the attack on Abu Dhabi, which targeted civilian and vital facilities.
In a statement, the ministry affirmed its “solidarity with the people and government of the brotherly United Arab Emirates in the face of any aggression that affects its sovereignty, security and stability.”
And Abu Dhabi Police announced earlier today that three people, a Pakistani and two Indians, were killed and six injured in an explosion of oil tankers in the UAE capital, suggesting that it was caused by unmanned aircraft following “small flying objects” were detected.
Meanwhile, the military spokesman for the Houthi group in Yemen, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced in a statement that a “qualitative military operation had been carried out in the UAE.”
The United Arab Emirates participates as an active member of the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia, which has been waging a military operation once morest the Houthis in Yemen since March 2015./End of News/
