UAE fighter in Yemen: Iran won’t stop until Persian empire spreads over region – Arab solidarity, fear of Iran bring hi-tech Gulf troops to Yemen desert. | The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
SAFER, Yemen – The glitzy skyscrapers and 21st century comforts of Dubai feel very distant from the barren sand dunes of Marib in central Yemen, the latest strategic prize in a regional power struggle pitting the wealthy Gulf Arab states against Iran.
But Salem, who plies the featureless landscape in an SUV that pulsates with American hip hop music, has no regrets about joining thousands of other young soldiers from the United Arab Emirates in one of the poorest corners of the Arab world.
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