Under UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi has also for years questioned the UK’s decision not to proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s administration last year said the matter was under “close review”.

The UAE said Tuesday it was pulling its remaining forces out of Yemen, following a Saudi demand to withdraw within 24 hours as tensions escalate over a sweeping offensive by Abu Dhabi-backed separatists.

Saudi Arabia has publicly accused the United Arab Emirates – a fellow Gulf Arab state and former partner in the Yemen war – of undermining its national security, an unusually blunt charge that exposes a rift long kept behind closed doors.

The UAE is pulling scholarships from U.K. universities, citing fears Emirati students could be radicalized amid tensions over Britain and the Muslim Brotherhood.

The UAE hasn't yet responded to the accusation. The situation further escalates tensions between the neighboring nations on the Arabian Peninsula.

A senior LuLu Hypermarket employee in Abu Dhabi has reportedly vanished after a staggering Dh6,60,000 (approximately $180,000 USD) shortfall was discovered in the Khalidiya Mall branch's cash office.

Saudi-backed forces moved to capture a key southern Yemeni city on Thursday after Riyadh accused the UAE of helping a separatist leader flee.