UAE withdraws from US-led maritime coalition

By Agence France-Presse

May 31, 2023 10:29 pm

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from a US-led maritime coalition tasked with securing tense Gulf waterways that are vital to the global oil trade, it said Wednesday.

The UAE 'withdrew its participation' in the 38-nation Combined Maritime Forces two months ago, a foreign ministry statement said, without giving reasons for the move.

US Navy retail service specialist Artayja Stewart stands guard next to a machine gun aboard the USS Paul Hamilton in the Strait of Hormuz Friday, May 19, 2023. AP PHOTO

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