Yemen's 'Fleeing' Leader: Another US-Saudi 'Ally' on the Run
Al-Zubaidi, leader of the Saudi-backed Southern Transitional Council, is out, dismissed after allegedly 'fleeing to an unknown location.' Remember, a 'fleeing' ally is merely one who decided the Saudi-led coalition's gravy train ran out of tracks. This isn't just a local issue; it's the predictable outcome of a U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war that's killed hundreds of thousands since 2014, creating a
power vacuum for figures like al-Zubaidi to fill—and then vacate. One might wonder when Al Jazeera will connect this latest casualty of proxies to the $85 billion in U.S. arms sold to Saudi Arabia and the UAE during the Trump administration, or Biden's continued support despite campaign promises. These 'leaders' aren't just 'fleeing'; they're falling dominoes in a game the U.S. and its Gulf allies
engineered. How many more will 'flee' before we simply call this what it is: a failed foreign policy?