Saudi-Backed Forces Advance! In Yemen! Again!
Al-Monitor reports "Saudi-backed troops" making "advances" in Hadramawt, framing it as a regional spat between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. What they don't say is this "war" started in 2014, escalated by Saudi Arabia and the UAE with considerable US and UK diplomatic, logistical, and arms support. In fact, the US approved $28 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia between 2015 and 2020 (source: Security
Assistance Monitor) while Yemen faced the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN. These aren't 'factions' fighting some ancient tribal dispute; they are proxy forces armed and funded by external powers, devastating a sovereign nation. So, "advances" means more starvation, more cholera, more children dead, courtesy of an internationally-backed blockade and bombing campaign. Perhaps
Al-Monitor believes calling it an internal 'rift' absolves the West of its complicity? One might wonder how many 'advances' are needed before Yemen ceases to exist as a viable state, or if the media will ever connect the dots to whose bombs are actually falling.