Report: Saudi Arabia urged to reconcile with UAE to drive back Houthi separatists in Yemen

The Guardian — World has reported on “Report: Saudi Arabia urged to reconcile with UAE to drive back Houthi separatists in Yemen,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

The available account reports that relations between the two countries soured in January when a UAE-backed force was defeated by Saudi Arabia in Yemen Saudi Arabia is being urged to reconcile with the United Arab Emirates over Yemen as the price Riyadh must pay to form a military alliance capable of driving the Houthis back. The report also notes that Relations between the UAE and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, where both had backed anti-Houthi forces, plummeted in January this year when a force with which it had been aligned – the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) – was attacked and defeated by Saudi Arabia in a move intended to squash its attempt to recreate a separate southern state. The UAE subsequently effectively quit Yemen.

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