Explained: Separatist takeover of Yemen’s Aden leaves Saudi Arabia in a bind | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Separatist takeover of Yemen’s Aden leaves Saudi Arabia in a bind | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Riyadh/dubai |Updated: August 11, 2019 6:17:06 pm

Explained: Separatist takeover of Yemen’s Aden leaves Saudi Arabia in a bind

The Western-backed, Sunni Muslim coalition intervened in Yemen against the Houthis in 2015. The conflict is widely seen as a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Members of UAE-backed southern Yemeni separatist forces shout slogans as they patrol a road during clashes with government forces in Aden, Yemen. (Source: REUTERS/File)

The southern separatists’ takeover of Aden, the interim seat of Yemen’s government, could leave Saudi Arabia struggling to hold together a military coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis. It also risks fragmenting southern Yemen as the United Nations struggles to restart talks to end the 4-1/2-year war that has pushed millions to the brink of famine.