Explained: Joining the dots in the great game in Yemen | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Joining the dots in the great game in Yemen | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: September 18, 2019 6:52:08 am

Explained: Joining the dots in the great game in Yemen

American officials have cited intelligence assessments and satellite pictures in support of claims that the attacks that penetrated Saudi air defences were carried out using sophisticated drones and cruise missiles that could not have originated from Yemen.

Saudi Arabia’s intense bombing campaign against the Houthis and the loyalists of Saleh was provided logistic and intelligence support by the United States, United Kingdom, and France.

The over four-year-old war that has devastated Yemen and triggered a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in one of the world’s poorest countries, saw a dramatic new turn over the weekend after a spectacular aerial attack took out two major oil production facilities deep inside Saudi Arabia and sent global crude prices soaring.