Saudi ambassador: Conflict in Yemen is not a proxy war with Iran
Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Adel al-Jubeir tells "Face the Nation" on CBS that the coalition is not ruling out ground troops in Yemen. (Reuters)/ Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, on Sunday denied that the growing sectarian conflict in Yemen represents a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. “This is a war to protect the people of Yemen and defend its legitimate government from a group that is allied and supported by Hezbollah, but I wouldn’t call it a proxy war,” the ambassador said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” ...
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