Military Infrastructure in Yemen

This asphalt road linking Mokha

and Dhubab was presented by the mercenaries as one

of their national achievements. Was it truly a free service

for the residents of these districts, or did it have

other purposes? This report will reveal them.

The new road runs in the same direction as

the old coastal road,

making it a duplicate with no added

service value.

But upon reconsidering the road, its purpose becomes

clearer, as it links the network of

military bases and sites together, starting from

Jabal al-Nar in Mokha, the forward command headquarters

for the enemy's mobilizations, passing through the rest of

the sites in the coast's mountainous hinterland, from the heights of

al-Omari and Dhubab to Kahbub

and even the city of Aden. Between them lies,

most importantly, Bab al-Mandab, used as a seaport,

and Dhubab, the newly established base, as an airport.

This is Dhubab Airport, which Yemenis know

nothing about. The airport is linked,

due to the high secrecy imposed on it

and the ban on approaching it, to foreign agendas.

Regional and international. The airport spans

approximately four kilometers by six kilometers.

And this is the

airport tower.

Work began on this strategic air base at the height of

the events witnessed by the region in the year two thousand

twenty-three. Although it entered service

only two years later, it is still undergoing

ongoing updates and expansions until its liberation.

Its military features emulate

the style of modern military installations.

East of the airport, some distance from the runway

and tower, is the aircraft hangar,

a large shelter designed from

concrete and steel. It is clearly noticeable that

the hangar and all the facilities here inside

the air base, or Dhubab Military Airport,

were designed to meet very precise

military standards, like the hangars at

modern military air bases.

We can see the extent of the camouflage, as it is

covered with thick layers of soil,

making it

almost impossible to find in satellite imagery during inspections.

The same color as the soil covering an area

of land from the same

compound.

It is all a network of roads serving the camps and military sites

in service of the enemy, transporting weapons, fighters, infiltrators,

and equipment to Tariq Camp. From Tariq Camp, they are distributed

to the other camps.

Among the secrets we uncover in this investigative tour.

This airport, with all its facilities and

military amenities, has clearly proven to be one of

the air bases and military installations aimed

at bolstering the occupier's military presence, specifically

at Bab al-Mandab, tightening its control over it and depriving

Yemenis of their most important sovereign rights over the

international waterway.

The airport is one of the military bases established in

recent years amid international ambitions and the escalating conflict

over Bab al-Mandab.

Similar bases and runways were established simultaneously

on nearby Yemeni islands and in neighboring African

countries.

Dozens of are spread throughout this airport

Shelters and ground fortifications

We enter shelters like this one to get

a closer look.

Besides their shelter-like design, they are intended

for storing weapons or various types of

combat equipment. So this is the exit after we entered

the shelter.

Yemeni Armed Forces fighters tell us

that a number

of officers leading the enemy's Saudi military buildup,

including Saudis among them,

fled the airport as it was being liberated

and used

helicopters.

This is another shelter that is under

construction. The many shelters

inside this air base, or airport, here in

Dhubab.

We are now inside an underground shelter with

this iron box added

to it,

which was buried beneath the soil and reinforced

with iron supports and concrete.

Those services were nothing but an infrastructure

network linking the military bases and facilities

of the occupiers to one another and had nothing

to do with the citizen or his interests.

From Dhubab Air Base on the West Coast, Yahya Al-Shami,

Al-Masirah.