U.A.E. Denies Yemen Rebels Fired Missile at Abu Dhabi Nuclear Plant<br />possesses an air defense system capable of dealing with any threat of any kind and the project of Barakah reactor is immune." It is the second time this year<br />that the Iran-aligned Houthis have said they fired a missile toward the United Arab Emirates since the Gulf States, led by Saudi Arabia, began an air campaign against the rebels who had toppled the Gulf-allied president of Yemen, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, in 2015.<br />3, 2017<br />DEAD SEA, Jordan — Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Sunday<br />that they had fired a cruise missile at a $20 billion nuclear power plant under construction in Abu Dhabi, but the United Arab Emirates’ state-run news agency immediately denied the claim.<br />The statement quoted a Houthi leader who warned against continuing the blockade, "affirming Yemenis’ right to take sensitive<br />steps." On Twitter, the state agency WAM denied the Houthi rebels had launched a missile toward the United Arab Emirates.<br />The Yemen rebels’ claim about striking a target in Abu Dhabi comes amid heavy fighting in Yemen’s capital, Sana, between the Shiite Houthi rebels<br />and some of their former allies, who are led by former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.<br />The Saudi coalition, which includes the United Arab Emirates, accuses Iran of trying to expand its influence into<br />Arab countries, including Yemen, which shares a long border with Saudi Arabia, by aligning with the Houthis.<br />The nuclear power plant, in Abu Dhabi’s far western desert, is being built by the Korea Electric Power Corporation near the border with Saudi Arabia<br />and is scheduled to begin operating next year, the United Arab Emirates energy minister has said, according to The Associated Press.
