Attacks on shipping threaten to upend peace talks in Yemen
The Saudis want to end their war with the Houthis, even as America may fight them
NOT LONG ago the Saudis might have welcomed a Western show of force against the Houthis, a Shia rebel group that has fought against a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen since 2015. Yet today, as America forms its own coalition to stop Houthi attacks on commercial shipping, it is the Saudis urging caution: they fear efforts to escape their war in Yemen could be spoilt.
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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “War and peace in the Red Sea”
Middle East & Africa December 23rd 2023
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