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
Correspondent in caracas thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world francis has involved on the first of a trip to the arabian peninsula by a reigning pontiff he s due to take part in a christian muslim dialogue in the united arab emirates and celebrate mass with the small catholic community day ahead of his visit here the humanitarian aid for people of war torn yemen. in poland a new center left party called spring has been launched aimed at challenging the country s governing right wing party ahead of upcoming domestic and european elections leader of the new party is robot be drawn he made headlines in twenty eleven by becoming the first openly gay m.p. in conservative poland. monsoon rains have caused severe flooding in northeastern australia in the city of townsville thousands of residents were forced to leave their homes and the down holes predicted to continue continue for days meanwhile
Arrests. dozens turning up under a smile reading turn up by baltimore flanked by police officers on both sides in that march in philly. no one was arrested. other news new developments in the crisis in yemen. iran saying it will not let regional powers jeopardize its security interest in yemen. meanwhile, the u.s. government is holding off on any operations to rescue americans trooapped in yemen. a state department official saying any evacuation mission in the country would put u.s. citizens and assets at high risk. jennifer griffin is live in washington with the details. well at least eight other countries, including russia, china and india have rescued their citizens. the united states has refused to launch an evacuation effort in yemen. right now, there are more than 700 u.s. citizens trapped in war torn yemen. the u.s. state department says it has no plans to evacuate them
Because they say it is quote, too dangerous. state department officials are not planning an evacuation like it did from egypt after the arab spring broke out or lebanon in 2006 when 15,000 americans were evacuated by sea and helicopter. when war broke out with israel. since evacuating the u.s. embassy in february it has told u.s. citizens they re on their own. if they plan an air lift or evacuation by sea al qaeda linked rebelled might target them. i think all of us have hopes that yemen can find a path forward. now it s not going to be easy. with memories of the attack on the uss coal in 2000 state department spokesman marie harf has pointed victims to an online registration system. the department of defense has not carried out an operation. sea ports are closed.
Peaceful out there. people literally dancing in the street. eugene craig, thank you. talked to a number of protesters. they said they are going to go home at 10:00 after the curfew starts. and what we ve seen in the past is police line up and move people through around 10:00, 10:15 in the evening. anyone who wants to stay usually ends up in a transport vehicle. reporting live from baltimore, where there is that stark contrast from what it looked like on monday. people marching around and walking in what they say is victory. the u.s. government holding off on any operations to rescue americans trapped in war torn yemen. any mission in the country would put u.s. citizens and assets at high risk. now, the decision leaves americans there vulnerable to the iran-backed rebels and the to one of the most dajts affiliates of al qaeda. live in washington with more and this was a very difficult