week the united arab emirates started a surprise troop drawdown across war torn yemen where it's part of the saudi led coalition fighting iran backed huth the rebels well the u.a.e. troops are now redeploying from strategic military bases in yemen at the ports of moca coca in the red sea as well as on parin and in the very strategically important port of aden saudi arabia's military is reportedly moving in to fill the vacuum while some observers believe that the u.a.e. is pulling out of yemen to strengthen the home front in the face of increasing tensions with iran others say it wants to cut its losses and leave the quagmire that is the yemen conflict. all right one welcome and now what to the program peter sells very to and he is an award winning yemen journalist