Why did separatists in southern yemen seize a Remote Island in the arabian sea fighters backed by the United Arab Emirates are accused of carrying out a coup. So what makes the island so valuable to yemen or insights this is a story. Hello and welcome to the program i am wrong on the latest flashpoint in yemens 5 year civil war is a Remote Island in the arabian sea the quarter is sometimes compared to the famous Galapagos Islands in the pacific. The plants and animals on the World Heritage sites are found nowhere else on earth now theyre in a war zone the sudden Transitional Council have deposed the islands governor and declared itself are all the southern yemen fighters are backed by the United Arab Emirates yemens internationally recognized government supported by saudi arabia calls the takeover a coup. Explains how the latest events further complicate efforts to end the war. Celebrating the new military gains forces loyal to the self supplies southern Transitional Council to see too