Who Is Eyeing The Volcanic Island Off Yemen For a Secret Airabase?

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We still have not figured it out whether the Covid-19 pandemic was actually engineered in a laboratory or not. Yet the desire to kill and control through war motivates the nations of the world


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There is news doing rounds of a mysterious airbase being erected in a volcanic island in Yemen. At the moment, there is no news as to whose handiwork this is. No country has claimed control over the airbase at the Mayun Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. But there was shipping traffic spotted here many years ago. Apparently, it was towards a prior attempt to build a massive runway across the 5.6-kilometre-long island and linked back to the United Arab Emirates.

Yemen's humanitarian needs have been more than the world can handle. The country is devastated by continuous war over two decades. But right now, the island is becoming a point of focus. Why? Because it sits in one of the world's crucial maritime choke-points for both energy shipments and commercial cargo.

The country might be devastated but the ones wanting something out of the ruins are not going to stop at anything. Apparently, UAE has been supporting the need for Covid-19 vaccines, aid and medical equipment throughout the period of 2020-2021. Yemen has been getting aid for its survival through the richest donors to the UN- America, Europe, China and Russia. The latter two have withdrawn over many logical reasons. But the country still remains in need of funds and help.

Obviously no official statements have been made. Analysts can see that the runway on Mayun Island is a strategic one as it allows whoever controls it to project power into the strait and easily launch airstrikes into mainland Yemen, convulsed by a years-long bloody war. Indeed, it provides a base for any operations into the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and nearby East Africa. Let's not forget that East Africa has been under scanner by the ISIS and Al-Qaeda operatives who have been trying to regroup for years now. 

While one does not know which country is going to be the ones controlling this volcanic island, one thing is for sure, the world is still not done with Yemen, unless its own government and people learn a lesson or two and do something to save their own sovereignty.  Big question is whether they can as a nation of illiterate simple farmers and cattle herders. 

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