An official of Yemen's former Saudi-backed government says UAE-backed militants have staged "a full-fledged coup" in the strategic island of Socotra.

Saudi-backed militants have started taking control of Socotra’s provincial capital of Hadibo in Yemen after fierce fighting with UAE-backed mercenaries.

A Yemeni official in southwestern Ta'izz province says the United Arab Emirates is manipulating the demographic composition of the province to dislodge pro-Saudi forces, exposing further rift in the Saudi-led coalition.

For almost 4 years the Arab world's poorest country, was a target of a bloody war inflicted by a coalition of Saudi, Emirati and a bunch of Saudi bribed armies across the region.

The United Arab Emirates has reportedly deployed dozens of southern separatists on the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea as Abu Dhabi steps up its military build-up there.

Yemeni army and its allies fire Zelzal-1 missiles at Saudi military positions in the kingdom’s southern regions.

The death toll from a cyclone that battered southern Oman and the Yemeni island of Socotra has reached 11.

Cyclone Mekunu was downgraded further to a deep depression, a day after lashing the southern coast of Oman and killing at least two people.

Five people are dead and at least 40 missing after a powerful cyclone lashes the Yemeni island of Socotra which is under the occupation of Saudi troops.

Saudi Arabia deploys troops to Yemen’s Socotra amid anger over the UAE’s military build-up on the island.