Saudi Arabia 'Warns' Mercenary Proxies It Funded in Yemen
Saudi Arabia, on Christmas morning no less, publicly 'warned' the Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) to step back from two Yemeni governorates. The audacity, coming from a regime that launched a war of aggression in 2015, funded multiple proxy groups – including the STC – and has presided over what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Riyadh's sudden concern for
'unjustified escalation' and 'destabilizing security' rings hollow given its own track record of turning Yemen into a perpetual war zone, fueled by Western arms. This isn't a plea for peace; it's a public relations exercise in managing their own Frankenstein's monster of proxy militias. The same Saudi government demanding restraint from its proxies just finished a negotiating ballet with the
Houthis, whose resilience has forced Riyadh to reconsider its decade-long, US-supported bombing campaign. One might wonder if the Saudis are truly seeking stability, or just a more convenient set of pawns. The AP, of course, frames it as 'strains' within an 'anti-Houthi coalition,' rather than a powerful state's messy attempt to tidy up its self-made chaos.