Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Move Just Boxed Israel In
Saudi Arabia went into Yemen, the UAE stepped aside, and Israel is stuck with a Somaliland Red Sea strategy that has lost its cover! Confused yet? Right, so Saudi Arabia has just enforced a hard boundary in Yemen, and Israel is now stuck with the consequences of its Somaliland move as a result. How’s that then Damo? Well, the UAE has pulled its remaining forces, Riyadh has shut down manoeuvring space in southern Yemen, and Israel is left with fewer places to operate quietly in the Red Sea while insisting Somaliland was just a diplomatic recognition. So this isn’t about one airstrike or one…
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