SHABWAH (Debriefer)--The remaining UAE troops are leaving Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwah, military and political sources said on Tuesday.
The UAE is a member state of a Saudi-led coalition fighting in support of the internationally recognised government since 2015. It withdrew from the country in 2019, but kept a small number of its troops in Shabwah and the Seiyun city in the adjacent province of Hadhramaut.
Its forces have been stationed in the LNG Plant in the area of Balhaf and the Al-Alam Camp.
In recent weeks, part of these troops left the camp to Hadhramaut amid growing calls by the local authorities on the UAE and the coalition to evacuate the Plant in order to resume gas production and exports.
A Saudi committee recently arrived in Shabwah to contain the situation after pro-government forces besieged Balhaf.
It mediated the withdrawal of the UAE forces in three months.
Early on Tuesday, the Saudi troops left Ataq Airport and moved their equipment to the border between the two countries.
