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)
The same can be said about TPLF.
No way out of Afar region!
No way out of Amhara region!
What a stupid move!!!!!
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)
The Arab's other stooge is also in a jam
Watch "Battlefield Ethiopia- Nov 29th, ENDF sustains heavy losses near Debre Birhan" on YouTube
Watch "Battlefield Ethiopia- Nov 29th, ENDF sustains heavy losses near Debre Birhan" on YouTube