Despite Saudi’s Support, Yemen Still In Quagmire

More than a decade after Saudi Arabia’s military intervention in Yemen, Riyadh now appears to be facing more than just a separatist insurgency in the south and a Houthi challenge in the north.
It is confronting a microcosm of a deeper strategic failure, reflecting a chronic inability to translate military power into political stability.
In Aden and Hadramawt, where the Saudi-backed “Nation’s Shield” forces control the streets with live ammunition, the same scene continues to repeat itself: angry public protests over power outages and collapsing public services are met with excessive force that leaves behind dead and wounded, followed by temporary international silence.
Few had expec...