Pompeo's meetings on July 10 with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and other senior UAE officials were evidently warm, friendly, and cooperative, and signaled the growing strength of U.S.-UAE relations.
On June 19, UAE-backed Yemeni forces announced that they had consolidated control over Hodeidah airport after a week of fierce fighting with Houthi rebels.
The issue of Yemen has surfaced as a significant point of contention between Tehran and Washington.
The recently minted U.N. special envoy to Yemen is racing to stay ahead of a military escalation by any one of the belligerents in that country’s conflict.
Yemen’s Houthis marked the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in the war in Yemen by launching multiple missiles at the Saudi cities of Riyadh, Khamis Mushait, and Jizan.
Given the military stalemate on the ground in Yemen, it may be that the next meaningful battle in that war is about to be fought on the floor of the U.S.
These remarks were delivered on March 5, 2018 as part of AGSIW Board Member Ambassador Edward W.
A simmering conflict between separatists in Southern Yemen and Aden-based elements of Yemen’s exiled government spilled out into the open in late January.
December brought some of the biggest shifts in Yemen’s civil war since a Saudi-led coalition entered the conflict in March 2015.
Gulf Arab states can solidify ties with Washington, while Trump stands to benefit personally and politically.
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