Socotra is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean belonging to which country?
Socotra of the same year, Socotra became part of South Yemen. The attitude of the South Yemeni government to the Soviet Union enabled the Soviet Navy to use the archipelago as a supply and supporting base for its operations in the Indian Ocean between 1971 and 1985. Since Yemeni unification in 1990, it has been part of the Republic of Yemen. In 2016 the United Arab Emirates increased supplies delivered to Socotra, which had been largely abandoned and forgotten during the ongoing conflict. In October 2016, the 31st cargo aircraft landed in Socotra Airport containing two tons of aid. At that
Socotra cormorant the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds" (AEWA) applies. Socotra cormorant The Socotra cormorant ("Phalacrocorax nigrogularis") is a threatened species of cormorant that is endemic to the Persian Gulf and the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is also sometimes known as the Socotran cormorant or, more rarely, as the Socotra shag. Individuals occasionally migrate as far west as the Red Sea coast. Despite its name, it was only confirmed in 2005 that it breeds on the Socotra islands in the Indian Ocean. The Socotra cormorant is an almost entirely blackish bird with a total length of about . In