Blockade and state of emergency: Entering complete isolation

&ldquo;The joint defense agreement with the United Arab Emirates is hereby annulled,&rdquo; the statement from Yemen said.A separate decree also announces a state of emergency lasting 90 days, including a 72-hour air, sea, and land blockade.The announcements by Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen&rsquo;s Presidential Leadership Council, come after the Saudi-led coalition fighting in the divided country said it had struck a weapons shipment from the UAE intended for separatists.Forces of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) advanced across southern Yemen this month, seizing most of the resource-rich Hadramout province and parts of the neighboring Al Mahrah province.The conflict risks the collapse of Yemen&rsquo;s already fragmented government, which is made up of various factions backed by the oil-rich Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and the UAE.It also threatens to derail slow-moving peace talks with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who overthrew the government in the capital Sanaa in 2014, triggering military intervention by the Saudi-led coalition.

Blockade and state of emergency: Entering complete isolation

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