Questions about what was happening in the aid port of Hodeidah seem to be clearing, as the UAE withdraws from the south and leaves the Houthis effectively in control.
Yemenis who had been displaced are slowly returning to Hodeidah now, and the port through which almost all aid enters Yemen seems no longer in immediate threat of being shuttered from fighting.
The UAE downplayed its decision to move out of Hodeidah, instead saying they had decided to focus on other fronts in the war. UAE-backed separatists have become increasingly active in the far south.
The UN has called for new talks on Hoideidah, but if there isn’t any fighting, it seems to just be a fait accompli, with nothing to talk about
O course UzN wants talks!
How else to insure Western meddlers — forgive me, aid, get into the country? With port open, there are PLENTY of countries that will send necessities, food, medicine, equipment, construction aid. No need for those humanitarian coupon-clippers of food, blackmailing Yemen unto political concessions in exchange for food.
The question is — will US navy now withdraw and stop blockage of port in Saudi name? Or will blockage of port remain, and Yemeni forced to let the UN officials in to monitor the port, thus trade?
This has been a dirty, cruel game from the start, and we are not done.
What is UAE-Israeli team going to accomplish in the South? Or better put, what does US expects them to do in the South, or what does Israel expects US and UAE to do there? Bab-All-Mandeb question is hanging in the air. Access to Asia, in which Israel and US would like to control Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Shia Yemen (Hodeidah) and Eritrea.
Saudis seem to have secured control of the Southernmost province of Al-Mahra, region next to Oman. It is open to sea past the Straits. Saudi Objective is to get pipelines there, and save itself from being choked from both sides by Straits under enemy control. Officially, US is no longer ally since Saudis and Egypt joined China-Russia led SCO this past summer.