Saudi efforts to exit Yemen may backfire

Suppose that Saudi Arabia was able to emerge through a road map that undermined the Yemeni government to a mere party signing its death certificate. The immersion of Yemen, through the Houthis, in new regional and international conflicts means throwing Yemen into the furnace of wars led by actors who either do not care about humanitarian affairs and do not fear any international punishment, as we saw in the devastating Israeli bombing of the port of Hodeidah, or they see in Yemen nothing but a new spear that can be planted in the side of interests. American and European efforts at the expense of peace in Yemen.

What cannot be ignored so far is that the more the Houthis are immersed in a new conflict hotspot, the more their combat ability increases and the battlefield expands, and that the operational control of the coalition countries in the Red and Arabian Seas has been in serious question since the beginning of the year 2022.

Undermining legitimacy in exchange for Saudi Arabia’s exit does not mean the end of tension in Yemen, but rather transferring the conflict to international interveners, militarizing the region, and making the southern Red Sea a shooting range for international powers.

(From the author's page)