Saudi king expresses ‘extreme irritation’ with UAE: Sources
Tehran (KNA) - Saudi King Salman has expressed “extreme irritation” with the UAE’s recent stances, especially on the Yemen war, the latest in a series of signs that a fissure in the Riyadh-Abu Dhabi alliance is widening.
The king has made the unusual comments about Saudi Arabia's closest partner at his Mecca palace on August 11 in a conversation with fugitive ex-president of Yemen Abd-Rabbu Mansur Hadi, Reuters reported on Wednesday, quoting three sources, including two Yemenis, as saying.
Cracks started to appear in the Saudi-UAE alliance last month, when the United Arab Emirates announced the pullout of most of its forces from the Yemen "quagmire" in a "face-saving" decision that deeply upset its Saudi allies.
Source: PressTV