Saudi Arabia’s scramble for an exit strategy in Yemen
3 years, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia’s scramble for an exit strategy in Yemen

Al Jazeera  

A power-sharing agreement must give key players in Yemen’s devastating war a seat at the table with equal access to state resources, analysts say. “That desire in turn reflected a range of factors including Trump’s well-established admiration for ‘strong-man’ rulers, the Saudi willingness to go along with Trump’s one-sided approach to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and a mutual antipathy toward Iran.” As a result, the Trump administration even vetoed a bipartisan congressional resolution that would have ceased US involvement in the war in 2019. “From Biden’s point of view, Saudi Arabia remains an ally but a problematic one whose regional agenda is not aligned with that of the US in some key areas.” According to Hurst, Biden’s move on arms sales is, therefore, not just about the situation in Yemen, but also a signal to the Saudis that where he perceives Riyadh’s actions as detrimental to American objectives and interests, he will not hesitate to assert US prerogatives at its expense. Ending the support for the war might even be the main reason for Saudi Arabia’s scramble for peace, Hashemi said. Responding to public outrage over war crimes in Yemen that the United States has facilitated, he campaigned on a promise to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia and push for a diplomatic settlement of this conflict.” Moreover, Hashemi added, the Saudis are cognisant their stock has fallen in Washington, and their peace plan is very much motivated by this reality.

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Eye on the Middle East | How the Tehran-Riyadh rapprochement holds out, a year on
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Eye on the Middle East | How the Tehran-Riyadh rapprochement holds out, a year on

Hindustan Times  

In early January 2016, Iran and Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic ties over an incident that played out along sectarian fault lines — Riyadh executed Sheikh Nimr, a prominent Shia critic of the Saudi monarchy, imprisoned since 2012. Given the Saudi influence, several other Middle East/North African states, including Sudan and Djibouti, followed suit in breaking their own ties with …

Yemen's Houthis declare joining Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 2 months ago

Yemen's Houthis declare joining Israel-Hamas war

India Today  

Yemen's Houthis have waded into the Israel-Hamas war raging more than 1,000 miles from their seat of power in Sanaa, declaring on Tuesday they had fired drones and missiles at Israel in attacks that highlight the regional risks of the conflict. Part of an "Axis of Resistance" backed by Iran, the Houthis have rallied behind the Palestinians since Hamas attacked …

Saudi crown prince says in rare interview ‘every day we get closer’ to normalization with Israel
1 year, 3 months ago

Saudi crown prince says in rare interview ‘every day we get closer’ to normalization with Israel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a rare interview with Fox News on Wednesday that negotiations over Israel means the prospects of normalized relations between both countries “get closer” every day, but that treatment of Palestinians remains a “very important” issue to be resolved. Netanyahu’s office said the meeting “mostly dealt with ways to establish an …

Saudi Arabia praises ‘positive results’ after Yemen’s Houthi rebels visit kingdom for peace talks
1 year, 3 months ago

Saudi Arabia praises ‘positive results’ after Yemen’s Houthi rebels visit kingdom for peace talks

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia on Wednesday praised the “positive results” of negotiations with Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they visited the kingdom for peace talks, though Riyadh released few details on their discussions to end the war tearing at the Arab world’s poorest nation. The Saudi Foreign Ministry in a statement early Wednesday marking the end of the …

Saudi Arabia praises 'positive results' after Yemen's Houthi rebels visit kingdom for peace talks
1 year, 3 months ago

Saudi Arabia praises 'positive results' after Yemen's Houthi rebels visit kingdom for peace talks

The Independent  

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Houthis leave Saudi Arabia after talks on potential Yemen ceasefire deal
1 year, 3 months ago

Houthis leave Saudi Arabia after talks on potential Yemen ceasefire deal

Al Jazeera  

Iran-backed Houthis have been engaged in talks with Saudi officials for five days in a bid to reach agreement. Houthi negotiators left Riyadh after a five-day round of talks with Saudi officials on a potential agreement that could pave the way to ending the conflict in Yemen, sources familiar with the meeting and Houthi media have said. The Houthi delegation …

Delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks with kingdom
1 year, 3 months ago

Delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks with kingdom

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels has flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world’s poorest nation, officials said. But this first public trip by a senior Houthi delegation comes after regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran reached a Chinese-mediated détente earlier this …

Yemen’s Houthis heading to Riyadh for ceasefire talks with Saudi Arabia
1 year, 3 months ago

Yemen’s Houthis heading to Riyadh for ceasefire talks with Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

Yemen’s Houthi rebels will head to Saudi Arabia amid efforts to negotiate a permanent ceasefire to end the long-running war in Yemen, according to the Saudi state news agency, a Houthi official and reports quoting diplomatic and government sources. Saudi Arabia’s state news agency confirmed the visit on Thursday night, and said that the Houthis had been invited to Riyadh …

UN envoy warns resumption of war remains threat in Yemen unless parties reach new cease-fire deal
1 year, 4 months ago

UN envoy warns resumption of war remains threat in Yemen unless parties reach new cease-fire deal

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The United Nations’ top official in Yemen warned Monday that the Arab world’s poorest country will remain a powder keg for renewed war unless its rival factions work out a new cease-fire deal. Speaking after meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, Grundberg noted Yemen’s warring parties have separately been involved in peace efforts in recent …

Threats to return to war in Yemen hinder efforts to start peace talks, UN envoy says
1 year, 4 months ago

Threats to return to war in Yemen hinder efforts to start peace talks, UN envoy says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Threats to return to war in Yemen are hindering efforts to start peace talks as the Arab world’s poorest country faces an increasingly dire economic situation, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday. Grundberg said his recent talks with both sides showed “general willingness to seek solutions, but this still needs to translate into concrete steps, in particular, …

America’s pursuit of Saudi-Israel rapprochement
1 year, 5 months ago

America’s pursuit of Saudi-Israel rapprochement

The Hindu  

The proverbial propensity of the ‘Middle East’ to spring surprises is on call again. The White House has had tepid relations with leaders of both countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. It has gained traction in recent months with the U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and U.S. Secretary of …

The long road to finding true peace in Yemen
1 year, 6 months ago

The long road to finding true peace in Yemen

The Hindu  

In April this year, just as the Saudi-led war in Yemen completed eight years, a diplomatic delegation from the kingdom reached Sanaa airport for talks with its Houthi enemies. Death and destruction in Yemen Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of some Arab forces, had initiated military operations on March 26, 2015, to prevent the Houthis, a Shia militia representing the …

Analysis: Fighting recedes, but peace in Yemen remains distant
1 year, 6 months ago

Analysis: Fighting recedes, but peace in Yemen remains distant

Al Jazeera  

Despite relative quiet on the front lines and negotiations between the Saudis and the Houthis, peace isn’t a given. If anything, the Houthis capitalised on Saudi and Iran’s new diplomatic relations to prove their independence from Tehran, something which they’ve long repeated to Riyadh.” Contending with Houthi strength It will be challenging for Riyadh to obtain leverage over the Houthis, …

Decoding the reorientation in Saudi foreign policy engineered by MBS | In Focus podcast
1 year, 8 months ago

Decoding the reorientation in Saudi foreign policy engineered by MBS | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

There finally seems to be some movement towards a peace settlement in the Yemen civil war, which has been raging for nine years now. Although the negotiations are expected to take time before they yield results, there is some optimism in the air as the talks are happening in the aftermath of a China-mediated agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia …

Saudi Arabia and Iran end their explosive proxy-war
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia and Iran end their explosive proxy-war

The Telegraph  

Saudi Arabia and Iran’s surprise agreement to put aside their explosive rivalry has raised hopes of resolving conflicts from Yemen and Syria, to Iraq and Lebanon. The Syrian foreign minister became the first senior Damascus official to visit Saudi Arabia since the start of the civil war, as Arab states discussed normalising relations with the government of President Bashar al-Assad. …

Houthis try to reassure skeptics they won’t seek full control of Yemen, as Saudis eye exit
1 year, 8 months ago

Houthis try to reassure skeptics they won’t seek full control of Yemen, as Saudis eye exit

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. “We do not want to tyrannize anything,” he said, adding that it is keen to speak to other Yemeni factions and work with them to achieve what is in their interests and “in the interest …

Biden aide, Saudi prince see ‘progress’ toward Yemen war end
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden aide, Saudi prince see ‘progress’ toward Yemen war end

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke by phone with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday amid signs that the Saudis and Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen are making “remarkable progress” toward finding a permanent end to their nine-year conflict, according to the Biden administration. The White House said in statement that Sullivan “welcomed Saudi …

Top US official, Mohammed bin Salman discuss Yemen war after meeting between Saudi envoy & Iran-backed Houthis
1 year, 8 months ago

Top US official, Mohammed bin Salman discuss Yemen war after meeting between Saudi envoy & Iran-backed Houthis

Firstpost  

The Houthis seized Yemen’s capital Sanaa in 2014 and forced the internationally recognised government into exile in Saudi Arabia White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday had a telephonic conversation with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid signs that the Saudis and Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are making “significant progress” toward finding a permanent end to …

Yemen Civil War: Who are the Houthis that Saudi Arabia is holding talks with? Will this end the conflict?
1 year, 9 months ago

Yemen Civil War: Who are the Houthis that Saudi Arabia is holding talks with? Will this end the conflict?

Firstpost  

On Sunday, a Saudi delegation visited Yemen’s capital of Sana’a to hold talks with the Houthi rebels. History of Yemen’s civil war The seeds for Yemen’s civil war were sown in 2011 after unrest forced its long-time president Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, according to BBC. Yemen is now controlled by different armed groups, and they control certain revenue …

A Saudi-Iran reconciliation may not end the war in Yemen just yet
1 year, 9 months ago

A Saudi-Iran reconciliation may not end the war in Yemen just yet

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. The Southern Transitional Council, a United Arab Emirates-backed secessionist group that controls southern parts of Yemen, told CNN in a statement that it won’t be bound by any Saudi-Houthi agreement that touches on matters related …

War-weary Yemenis greet Saudi-Iran deal with caution
1 year, 9 months ago

War-weary Yemenis greet Saudi-Iran deal with caution

Al Jazeera  

Riyadh and Tehran may have moved to bury some of their differences, but it is unclear whether the same will happen in Yemen. “It is not easy to end the Houthi takeover of Sanaa, retrieve the state weapons they seized and force them to abandon the use of weapons.” Commenting on the potential motives for reaching an agreement, he pointed …

Has Yemen’s government been sidelined after Saudi-Iran deal?
1 year, 9 months ago

Has Yemen’s government been sidelined after Saudi-Iran deal?

Al Jazeera  

Hope for an end to the war in Yemen emerges after Riyadh and Tehran re-establish ties, but will forces in the country have their say? Details are scant of any potential deal between the Houthis – who have been fighting the internationally recognised Yemeni government since 2014 when they seized the capital, Sanaa – and Saudi Arabia, which has led …

Iran says deal with Saudi Arabia will help end Yemen’s war
1 year, 9 months ago

Iran says deal with Saudi Arabia will help end Yemen’s war

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Iran’s mission to the United Nations says a breakthrough agreement with Saudi Arabia restoring bilateral relations will help bring a political settlement to Yemen’s yearslong war, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. Soon after exploding in 2014, Yemen’s conflict turned into a proxy war between Saudi Arabia, which led a military coalition backing Yemen’s internationally recognized government, and …

Yemen rebels, Saudis in back-channel talks to maintain truce
1 year, 11 months ago

Yemen rebels, Saudis in back-channel talks to maintain truce

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Amid Yemen’s longest-ever pause in fighting — more than nine months — Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, according to Yemeni, Saudi and U.N. officials. It has been shaken by Houthi attacks on oil facilities and fiery rhetoric from Yemen’s internationally recognized government, allied with Saudi Arabia, which complains it has …

Yemen rebels, Saudis in back-channel talks to maintain truce
1 year, 11 months ago

Yemen rebels, Saudis in back-channel talks to maintain truce

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amid Yemen’s longest-ever pause in …

UN envoy encouraged by intensified efforts to end Yemen war
1 year, 11 months ago

UN envoy encouraged by intensified efforts to end Yemen war

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen said Monday he is encouraged by intensified regional and international diplomatic activity to end the country’s eight-year conflict. Hans Grundberg expressed appreciation for the diplomatic efforts by Saudi Arabia and Oman, telling the U.N. Security Council, “We are witnessing a potential step change in the trajectory of this eight-year-conflict.” He said …

Biden vs the Kingdom: Is this the end of the US-Saudi relationship?
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden vs the Kingdom: Is this the end of the US-Saudi relationship?

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Signalling a potential departure from a …

A failed truce renewal in Yemen could further complicate US-Saudi relations
2 years, 3 months ago

A failed truce renewal in Yemen could further complicate US-Saudi relations

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. The threats made by certain US senators against Saudi Arabia after Wednesday’s OPEC oil cut – some of whom have called on US President Joe Biden to “retaliate” – are not credible, said Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, …

US envoy blames Houthis for failure to extend cease-fire
2 years, 3 months ago

US envoy blames Houthis for failure to extend cease-fire

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The U.S. envoy to Yemen on Wednesday blamed rebel Houthi leaders for the recent failure to extend the country’s cease-fire agreement, accusing them of making last-minute ‘maximalist demands’ that derailed constructive negotiations. Yemen’s warring sides failed to reach an agreement to extend the nationwide truce Sunday, threatening to reignite the country’s bloody civil war after a six-month cessation …

Yemen officials say fresh infighting kills 35 in south
2 years, 5 months ago

Yemen officials say fresh infighting kills 35 in south

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — Infighting among pro-government Yemeni forces has killed 35 troops in a southern province in the past 24 hours, officials said, a development that threatens a ceasefire in the country’s wider conflict. They say that an artillery duel that start in the late hours of Tuesday hit areas around a local airport in the city of Ataq, the …

Yemenis divided on Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia
2 years, 5 months ago

Yemenis divided on Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera  

Yemen will be on the agenda during the US president’s visit to Jeddah, but Yemeni politicians are not invited. Accordingly, I do not see any long-term benefit for Yemen from Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia,” Saleh said. Therefore, I would be naive if I say Biden’s Saudi trip will repair these internal problems in Yemen.” Biden’s focus on the economy …

Biden says he brought up Khashoggi killing with Saudi leaders
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden says he brought up Khashoggi killing with Saudi leaders

Al Jazeera  

On visit to the Gulf kingdom, US president says he made clear what he thinks of Saudi journalist’s 2018 murder. US President Joe Biden has said he brought up the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the top of a meeting with senior Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. …

In pursuit of oil and Mideast security, Biden to meet with Saudis he once regarded as pariahs
2 years, 5 months ago

In pursuit of oil and Mideast security, Biden to meet with Saudis he once regarded as pariahs

LA Times  

President Biden heads this week to the Middle East, where his administration is confronting serious challenges. In a 2019 campaign event, Biden said his administration would make those responsible for the slaying “pay the price, and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are.” Until now, Biden has only dealt with the aging King Salman and only by telephone, …

‘Reorient… not rupture’: Biden defends Saudi visit in column
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Reorient… not rupture’: Biden defends Saudi visit in column

Al Jazeera  

The US president writes in The Washington Post his visit will keep the US ‘strong and secure’ and that human rights is on agenda. US President Joe Biden has defended his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia amid criticism the trip represents a backslide in his administration’s commitments to human rights. Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia is part of a wider …

Biden's Trip To Saudi Arabia Far More Likely To Benefit Saudis Than U.S.
2 years, 6 months ago

Biden's Trip To Saudi Arabia Far More Likely To Benefit Saudis Than U.S.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia next month, the White House said on Tuesday, making him America’s latest leader to affirm the historic quid pro quo with the kingdom. Wading Back Into Middle East Quandaries In a recent Foreign Affairs article that was widely shared in policy circles, Kaye called Biden’s then-rumored trip a “transparent …

What lies ahead for Yemen after President Hadi’s exit?
2 years, 9 months ago

What lies ahead for Yemen after President Hadi’s exit?

Al Jazeera  

Lack of alternatives and international legitimacy kept Hadi in power regardless of being in exile and unpopular. A lack of an alternative that could be accepted by the divided anti-Houthi coalition, along with Hadi’s “legitimacy” as the internationally recognised president. Muhsin has long been associated with Islah, Yemen’s Muslim Brotherhood-influenced party, which is deeply opposed by Zubaydi’s Southern Transitional Council, …

Head of new Yemeni council promises ‘end to war’
2 years, 9 months ago

Head of new Yemeni council promises ‘end to war’

Al Jazeera  

Rashad al-Alimi, who has close ties to Saudi Arabia, says the council will deal with ‘challenges in all areas of Yemen without discrimination, without exception’. The head of Yemen’s new presidential council said he would end the seven-year-long war via a peace process in his first speech since power was delegated to the body by the Saudi-backed president this week. …

Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end war
2 years, 9 months ago

Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end war

Associated Press  

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to a presidential council Thursday, as international and regional efforts to end the country’s long-running civil war gained momentum with a two-month truce. Peter Salisbury, Yemen expert at the International Crisis Group, described the power transfer as the “most consequential shift in the inner workings of the anti-Houthi …

Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end its long-running civil war
2 years, 9 months ago

Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end its long-running civil war

LA Times  

Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi arrives in Tunis for a summit of Arab nations in March 2019. Yemen’s exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to a presidential council Thursday, as international efforts to end the country’s long-running civil war gained momentum with a two-month truce. Peter Salisbury, a Yemen expert at the International Crisis Group, described the …

Saudi-offered, rebel-rejected cease-fire starts in Yemen war
2 years, 9 months ago

Saudi-offered, rebel-rejected cease-fire starts in Yemen war

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis began observing Wednesday a unilateral cease-fire in the yearslong war, despite the rebels’ rejection of the proposal. “The success of the Yemeni consultations is not an option, but a duty.” The U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, called the Saudi-led coalition’s cease-fire offer “a step in the …

Saudi Arabia’s one-sided cease-fire, rejected by Houthi rebels, starts in Yemen
2 years, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia’s one-sided cease-fire, rejected by Houthi rebels, starts in Yemen

LA Times  

Houthi supporters in Sana, Yemen, attend a rally Saturday marking the seventh anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen’s civil war. A Saudi-led coalition battling the government rebels who hold Yemen’s capital began a unilateral cease-fire Wednesday in the country’s years-long war, even as the Houthi insurgents said they rejected the proposed truce. The cease-fire announcement late Tuesday had …

Saudi-based GCC to hold Yemen talks; rebels decline invite
2 years, 9 months ago

Saudi-based GCC to hold Yemen talks; rebels decline invite

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United ARAB EMIRATES — The Saudi-based Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday invited warring sides in Yemen for talks aimed at ending the civil war in the Arab world’s most impoverished country, a conflict now in its eight year. However, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have already rejected Riyadh — the Saudi capital were the GCC is headquartered — as venue …

Saudi Arabia, UAE Snub Biden For Putin. They Are Irked Regarding Iran Nuclear Program, Houthis
2 years, 10 months ago

Saudi Arabia, UAE Snub Biden For Putin. They Are Irked Regarding Iran Nuclear Program, Houthis

News 18  

White House officials said that they were unsuccessful in arranging a phone call between US president Joe Biden and the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, according to a report by news agency the Wall Street Journal. Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman as well as UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan criticised the US’ stand …

Yemen’s unending tragedy
2 years, 10 months ago

Yemen’s unending tragedy

The Hindu  

The month of January saw a serious escalation of the seven-year-old war in Yemen, resulting in more bloodshed and inflicting more suffering on its people. Jamal Benomar, a former U.N. special envoy to Yemen, said that the air raids are the latest in the series of war crimes committed by the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia. The reality is …

Saudi Arabia: 12 hurt in attack targeting airport near Yemen
2 years, 11 months ago

Saudi Arabia: 12 hurt in attack targeting airport near Yemen

Associated Press  

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said 12 people were injured by falling debris from an attempted drone attack Thursday on an airport in the southern Saudi region of Abha, near the kingdom’s border with Yemen. Saudi Arabia has been involved in Yemen’s civil war since 2015, fighting against the rebel Houthis who overran the capital, …

Biden pledges US support against Houthi attacks to Saudi king
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden pledges US support against Houthi attacks to Saudi king

Al Jazeera  

US president speaks by phone to Saudi King Salman amid intensifying Yemeni rebel attacks on the Gulf kingdom. Joe Biden has reaffirmed the United States’ “commitment to support” Saudi Arabia against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the White House said, as the US president spoke by phone with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s official …

Yemen: Intensifying war worsens world’s worst civilian crisis
2 years, 11 months ago

Yemen: Intensifying war worsens world’s worst civilian crisis

Al Jazeera  

Attacks on UAE could result in Emiratis increasing support for anti-Houthi forces while aligning more closely with Saudi Arabia, analysts say. ‘Heal coalition rifts’ Ansarullah’s firing of drones and missiles at the UAE could possibly “steel the UAE’s resolve to help end Houthi expansionist ambitions, heal some of the rifts inside the coalition, and encourage more coordinated military action and …

Yemen’s Houthis add to Biden’s foreign policy frustrations
2 years, 11 months ago

Yemen’s Houthis add to Biden’s foreign policy frustrations

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A clan-based militia government in the Arab world’s poorest country is presenting the Biden administration with another foreign policy setback as Yemen’s Houthis launch cross-border drone and ballistic-missile strikes rattling the wealthy oil and banking hubs of the Gulf. The escalation makes Yemen one of the conflicts keeping America deeply engaged in the Middle East despite President Joe …

US says it fired missiles during latest Houthi attack on UAE
2 years, 11 months ago

US says it fired missiles during latest Houthi attack on UAE

Al Jazeera  

The White House and the Pentagon acknowledge firing US Patriot interceptors to stave off an attack on Abu Dhabi. While the UAE’s military has not acknowledged the US involvement in thwarting the latest missile attack, Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said late on Monday the US military had used “Patriot interceptors to … efforts by the armed forces …

Why Yemen’s war has spilled into the Emirates
2 years, 11 months ago

Why Yemen’s war has spilled into the Emirates

The Independent  

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