Riyadh, Dec. 31 -- The Saudi-led Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen has issued clarifications regarding the arrival of two vessels at Yemen's Mukalla port, following a statement by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) rejecting claims that it sent weapons into the city.

In a series of posts on X on Wednesday, December 31, the coalition's official spokesperson, Major General Turki Al-Maliki, said the vessels entered Mukalla port without authorisation and failed to obtain clearance from either the Yemeni government or coalition command. He added that the ships had disabled their tracking and identification systems before entering Yemeni territorial waters.

He explained that the port operations were temporarily suspended as a p...