What is Britain doing in Yemen? / Disclosure of London spying on Sanaa.
Following the arrival of British troops in Al-Mahra province, some sources reported British espionage activities through Yemeni telecommunication channels.
Abdul Malik al-Ajri, a member of the Sanaa negotiating team, stressed on Monday that Britain was spying on Yemeni telecommunications networks to communicate its colonial goals, according to the International News Group.
Al-Ajri wrote on Twitter that Britain is carrying out espionage activities on some Yemeni communication networks and some submarine communication cables from the southern provinces, which these provinces use to serve their colonial purposes.
Al-Ajri called the move a clear violation of Yemeni sovereignty and the privacy of Yemeni citizens, and said that the move was carried out with the participation of the resigned Yemeni government.
The British Daily Express reported in early August after the attack on the Zionist ship “Mercer Street” that 40 British Special Forces soldiers had arrived at Al-Ghaida Airport in the eastern Yemeni province of Mehra to pursue those involved in the operation. Put.
The British newspaper claims that the British Special Forces team includes an electronic warfare unit capable of intercepting communications; The unit is tasked with pursuing a group that Britain claims is behind a recent attack on a Mercer Street tanker. According to the report, the British military also relies on local [Yemeni] trainers who are paid by the British Foreign Office.
Earlier, Sheikh Ali Salem al-Harizi, head of the peaceful sit-in committee in Yemen’s al-Mahra province, revealed that British forces had recruited spies and that intelligence channels had been opened for them in the province.
Sheikh Al-Harizi emphasized: “Saudi forces are the cornerstone of the entry of foreign forces into Al-Mehra province, and Saudi forces formed militias from Al-Mehra tribes and beyond, and tried to train and finance them to deal with civilians in the province.”
Sheikh Isa Yaqut, Sheikh of Sheikh Sokhtari in Mehra province, also said that the presence of British and Israeli forces in Al-Muhra province and “Soktari” was carried out with the support of Saudi-Emirati forces, which ousted Hadi’s government to take control of some strategic areas of Yemen and expand the domain. “They are abusing Israeli influence in the Arab region.”
He also warned of mobilization against foreign forces stationed in Socotra, saying that despite the pursuit of members of the sit-in committee in Socotra, they would launch a new phase of tension against Emirati forces as well as Saudi and British forces in al-Mahra.
Earlier, a spokesman for the Yemeni Ansarullah movement stressed that the war in the country has not stopped on any front and is still ongoing, declaring that British forces are occupying Yemeni territory and that according to the law, the Yemeni army has the right to attack them. Has.
While Britain has repeatedly formally claimed that it has never been part of the Saudi coalition against Yemen, news sources say that British Special Forces are building hundreds of cells and participating in spying on and torturing Yemeni fighters.