A mysterious air base is seen being built on Yemen’s volcanic Mayun Island in this April 11, 2021 satellite photograph from Planet Labs Inc. AP.

While no country has claimed the Mayun Island airbase in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, shipping traffic associated with a prior attempt to build a huge runway across the 5.6-km (3.5 mile)-long island ...

He added that Mayun “is a Yemeni island and will remain in Yemen.” Saleh, like his late uncle, once fought alongside the Iranian-backed Houthis and then switched sides in late 2017 when the ...

Yemen's Mayun Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and mainland Yemen are seen in this May 8, 2021 satellite photograph from Planet Labs Inc. A mysterious air base is being built on Yemen's volcanic ...

A mysterious air base is seen being built on Yemen's volcanic Mayun Island in this April 11, 2021, satellite photograph from Planet Labs Inc. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world's crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world's crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and ...

A mysterious air base is seen being built on Yemen's volcanic Mayun Island in this April 11, 2021 satellite photograph from Planet Labs Inc. The air base is in one of the world s crucial maritime ...

The Soviet Union, allied with South Yemen’s Marxist government, upgraded Mayun’s naval facilities but used them “only infrequently,” according to a 1981 CIA analysis.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world's crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and commer ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world’s crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and ...