Socotra Island

Living ALONE on Yemen's Remote Socotra Island
Eva zu Beck

Zerohedge reports that Israel & the United Arab Emirates have teamed up to establish a listening post on Socotra Island. Israel & the UAE? Aren't they bitter enemies? Evidently that was last week, now they are, if not allies, at least cooperating:

Since the start of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, the UAE, formally a Saudi ally, and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a Yemeni separatist movement that is formally allied with the Saudi-backed government in Aden, have established control over most of Socotra Island. For years, the UAE has been seeking to annex the island due to its strategic location. The collapse of the Yemeni statehood due to the years-long instability and the foreign intervention paved a way for more direct actions. The creation of a military infrastructure there is a logical step in this strategy. - South Front

That's formal allies, not former allies, which is what I read the first time I read it. That 'formal' business  makes me wonder just how strong their ties are.

I guess the lines in the Mideast have shifted from being between the Jews and the Musslemen to being between two flavors of Musslemen: the Saudis and the Iranians. The southern Arabs have made peace with the USA and the Jews. Yes, the guys who caused 9-11 were Saudis, but I don't think they were acting on the King's orders. They were rebels who couldn't launch an attack in Saudi Arabia because the secret police there would have smashed them flat, so they attacked the source of the King's power.

Anyway, this got my attention because I remember doing another post about this place.

Eritrea, Dijbouti, Yeman, Gulf of Aden & Socotra Island

Left to right, markers are for Asmara (Capital of Eritrea), Emba Soira (called Mount Ambassaira in the linked stories) and Socotra Island

P.S. The linked story contains a video. The audio track starts out sounding like it is being done by a person, but after a bit something about it, perhaps the way it doesn't change, makes me think it is being done by a computer. Anyway, it is just reading the article, so you don't need to listen to it.

P.S. #2. I like to include a picture with my posts, but when I searched, this video popped up and I think it's pretty good.

P.S. #3 Eritrea has been here before.