Yemen: Next War Begun in Middle East
Nikolai BOBKIN
Strategic-Culture.org
27.03.2015
With the support of other Arab countries Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes in neighboring Yemen on March 26. The aircraft attacked the positions of Shia formations in Sana, the capital of the country. US President Barack Obama had been warned about the operation before it started. «While U.S. forces are not taking direct military action in Yemen in support of this effort, we are establishing a Joint Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia to coordinate U.S. military and intelligence support», a White House statement said. Besides air operations, Saudis have pledged to contribute 150,000 soldiers with heavy weapons to the newly formed coalition including Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Saudi ambassador to the United States Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said the coalition comprises ten countries. Egypt has already said it is ready to send army, air force and naval units to the area. Another war has begun in the Middle East.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is fighting Ansar Allah, the military wing of the Shiite Houthis Movement. The Yemeni military is disorganized. Some units remain loyal to the former President, some switched sides to join the Houthis movement while some of them support the Sunni tribes. Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned in late January after Houthi rebels overran the capital and the country was left in political vacuum. He then resurfaced in Aden, the capital of the formerly independent south Yemen, where he resumed his duties, but his authority is not recognized and the warring groups continue the intestine strife.
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