Saudi forces in Yemen's Socotra yesterday cancelled a UAE flight that was heading to the archipelago's airport due to a lack of coordination with the Yemeni embassy in Abu Dhabi.
A local source told Yemen's Shabab Net news site that the Socotra Airport witnessed severe congestion yesterday after the UAE's Air Arabia flight was forced to postpone its arrival.
He explained that the Saudi forces cancelled the trip due to crowds of tourists and foreign media professionals who are regularly brought by the UAE to Socotra without coordination with the Yemeni government.
The unnamed source confirmed that "the UAE is imposing its control over foreign tourism coming to Socotra", noting ..
