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Saudi Arabia cannot find a way out of Yemen (The Economist)

Post by sarcasm » 29 Nov 2021, 17:27

Slouching towards an exit
Saudi Arabia cannot find a way out of Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition’s withdrawal from a key port underscores its struggles


During the Korean war an American general quipped that his beleaguered troops were not retreating, just “advancing in a different direction”. So too it was for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, which in mid-November withdrew its forces from Hodeida, the main port on the country’s Red Sea coast. The Houthis, a group of Shia rebels who have been fighting the coalition since 2015, swept in to seize it.

The pull-out was a surprise to almost everyone, even the un observers deployed to monitor a ceasefire in the area since 2018. “[This] represents a major shift of the front lines”, the observer mission noted, a remarkable exercise in understatement.


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Re: Saudi Arabia cannot find a way out of Yemen (The Economist)

Post by simbe11 » 29 Nov 2021, 17:35

The same can be said about TPLF.
No way out of Afar region!
No way out of Amhara region!
What a stupid move!!!!!

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Re: Saudi Arabia cannot find a way out of Yemen (The Economist)

Post by Aba » 29 Nov 2021, 18:05

The Arab's other stooge is also in a jam :lol: :mrgreen: :lol:

Watch "Battlefield Ethiopia- Nov 29th, ENDF sustains heavy losses near Debre Birhan" on YouTube

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