Middle East a Powder Keg as Saudi Bombing of Yemen Resumes
By: GoldCore
GoldSeek.com
Thursday, 23 April 2015
– Saudi operation in Yemen enters new phase as U.S. and Iranian Navies gather in the Gulf of Aden
– Saudi’s blame Houthi rebels and Iran for Saudi bombardment of Yemen, supported by US
– Chinese President Xi calls Saudi King Salman urging speedy resolution to crisis, Chinese media take neutral stance
– Russian media describes Saudi operation as ethnic cleansing and Iranian media emphasise that Saudi is operating without a UN mandate to restore their ally, the former President, to power in Yemen
While the US beefs up its navy presence around the Gulf of Aden – apparently in response to Iran dispatching a navy convoy to bring arms to the Yemeni rebels – the Saudi’s operation has entered a new phase.
Following an initial announcement on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia was to end its bombardment of Yemen, it later resumed bombing of rebel positions. The risk of a ‘proxy’ war remains real.
U.S. Navy officials confirmed to AP that the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is in Yemeni waters to intercept an Iranian weapons shipments. This was then denied and the U.S. said it was there to “keep shipping lanes in the region open” as Iran parked two warships off the Yemeni coast.
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