Yemen Emerges as Latest Battleground for Saudi Arabia and Iran
- The Saudi decision to lead a military coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen, ostensibly a response to a neighboring government’s appeal for help, is also driven by a deep fear among Gulf officials that their states are being encircled by Iran. Anwar Gargash, the U.A.E. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, expressed it this way in an interview with Bloomberg: “With the military coup by the Houthi militias, Iran thought it had the strategic opening that it wanted in Yemen. Iran has scored some major victories in Iraq and in Lebanon and ...
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