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| UAE seeks military action against Yemen’s Houthis |
| 2023-12-19 |
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... hitting a major roadblock because of disagreements among Washington’s Arab allies, Bloomberg reports. Two of the most crucial actors involved in Yemen’s long-running civil war, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, support competing factions against the Houthis and favor differing ways of dealing with them. The UAE is pushing for military action and wants the US to re-designate the Houthis as “terrorists,” according to a Yemeni official backed by Abu Dhabi. Riyadh, in contrast, supports a more measured approach, fearing that any belligerence will provoke the Houthis to become even more aggressive, according to a member of the Saudi team negotiating with Houthis. That could imperil a fragile truce in Yemen’s war and scupper Saudi Arabia’s attempt to reach a permanent cease-fire deal with the rebels, the person said. |
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