US officials have issued an official statement on Monday, January 17, condemning the Houthis’ attacks on the UAE, pledging to work with the Emirates to hold the rebel group responsible.
According to Jake Sullivan, who serves as White House’s National Security Adviser, the strike was a “terrorist attack” and expressed support for the UAE.
“The United States strongly condemns today’s terrorist attack in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, which killed three innocent civilians,” Mr. Sullivan said in an official statement from the White House issued on January 17.
The US official further stated, “The Houthis claimed responsibility for this attack and we will hold them accountable along with the UAE and international partners.”
“Our commitment to the security of the UAE is unwavering and we stand beside our Emirati partners against all threats to their territory.”
Three people were killed in the coordinated attacks that targeted an oil facility in Abu Dhabi and caused a fire at the airport.
A top Emirati official described the bombings as a “sinful attack on civilian facilities” by Houthi militia forces in Yemen, according to a report Monday night.
After two explosions in the capital, UAE president’s special adviser, Dr Anwar Gargash, described the group as a terrorist militia, reports the National News.
Abu Dhabi authorities are taking action in a transparent and responsible manner in response to the sinful attack by Houthi militants on civilian facilities, Gargash said.
According to him, the chaos caused by terrorist militias on the ground in the region is “too weak to change the way we live,” further stating that the “recklessness and absurdity of such actions will lead to defeat and failure.”
A statement from the UAE Foreign Ministry described the attack as a terrorist attack that will “not go unpunished.”
The Gulf country emphasized that it reserves the right to respond to “these terrorist attacks and criminal escalation.”
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, also condemned the attack and offered his condolences to Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, the state news agency Wam reported.
The UAE’s state minister and ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al Otaiba, welcomed the commitment by the US and stressed the urgency of the response. “Together, the UAE, US, and international community must act with urgency to confront Houthi aggression,” Ambassador Al Otaiba said on Monday in a statement on Twitter.
On Monday, Airstrikes were launched on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, by the Saudi-led coalition, shortly after the Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a deadly drone attack in the United Arab Emirates.
“In response to the threat and military necessity, airstrikes began on Sanaa,” Saudi news outlet Al-Ekhbariya stated on Twitter.
“The vicious attack on the UAE is a hostile act. The Houthi targeting of civilians in the kingdom and the UAE are war crimes whose perpetrators must be held accountable,” reports Al-Ekhbariya.
The spokesperson for Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the Abu Dhabi explosion, declaring “UAE is an unsafe state as long as its aggressive escalation against Yemen continues.”
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