Saudi Proxies Demand UAE Withdrawal From Yemen. It's Complicated.
The story from Al-Monitor states Yemen's Saudi-backed 'presidential council' head demanded a UAE withdrawal after a Saudi-led airstrike hit UAE-backed separatists. This isn't a territorial dispute between sovereign nations; it's a proxy war playing out with multiple layers of outside interference. The mainstream media often frames this as 'internal conflict' or 'regional tensions,' conveniently
omitting the 2015 Saudi-led intervention, heavily armed and supported by the US, that ignited this catastrophic war—a conflict that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN. So, we have Saudi Arabia bombing its 'allies' (the UAE) for supporting 'separatists' who were themselves part of the Saudi-led coalition. It appears the
only consistent policy in Yemen is maximum chaos and civilian suffering. One might wonder who benefits from perpetual conflict and destabilization, especially when significant US armaments keep flowing to some of the key players. How many 'allies' can one war machine fund before the 'alliances' cease to have any discernible meaning?