BackThe Race for Mukalla: Arabian Elite Forces and the War Against Al-Qaeda (Book Discussion and Launch of Arabic Edition)
Programme Type
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Venue
Thebes Stage - Hall 12
Date & Time
- 02 May 06:00 PM
Session Details
This session discusses the sequel of Dr Michael Knights' successful book "25 Days to Aden", "The Race to Mukalla", which tells the story of UAE forces specialising in counterterrorism and their confrontation with Al-Qaeda in the port of Mukalla in southern Yemen.
Between 2015 and 2016, the war raged in the Middle East against terrorist groups seeking to establish new states under their control, particularly the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), but this book does not cover the parts of the war that are well known to the Western public, such as the destruction of Syrian and Iraqi cities such as Mosul and Raqqa. Instead, and through operation participants, it narrates -for the first time- documented details about the unknown parallel effort undertaken by Arab Gulf states in collaboration with Yemeni forces to prevent extremists from controlling the "Cradle of the Arabs" in the oil-rich Marib, and to drive terrorists out of Mukalla, a beautiful coastal city with abundant resources known as "the Rihanna of the Arabian Sea".
Speakers
Dr Michael Knights
Dr Michael Knights
