All’s quiet on Yemen’s Perim Island


Issue 1146 - 08 May 2022 | 1 minute read

Regular analysis of satellite imagery of Perim Island in the Bab El Mandeb strait over recent weeks suggests a new 1,900m runway planned by the UAE remains incomplete, although enough of it has been built to mean it is probably usable by tactical transport aircraft.

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