With Saudi airstrikes pounding northern Yemen, killing civilians left and right, their options for “retaliating” against Yemen for firing missiles into Saudi territory are limited. Saudi officials aren’t concerned, however, as they’re threatening to attack Iran over he missiles instead.
Saudi officials reported seven Yemeni missiles intercepted overnight, with debris from one of the missiles hitting a house and killing an Egyptian laborer. Saudi officials claim the missiles came from Iran, and that they have a “right” to respond militarily against Iran in the future.
The Shi’ite Houthis, who control northern Yemen, deny close ties to Iran, and have insisted in the past that missiles fired at Saudi Arabia are part of Yemen’s pre-war stockpile, and retaliation for Saudi airstrikes. Though the Saudis targeted some missile caches early in the invasion of Yemen, some missiles are known to have survived, and have been fired during the fighting.
The Saudis have maintained the narrative that Iran is behind the Yemen War throughout, but have struggled to prove the weapons smuggling they allege. It doesn’t make much sense that such smuggling could happen in the amounts claimed, in fact, since the Saudis have been blockading the seas around Yemen throughout the war, and even food and medicine struggle to get into northern Yemen.
I sense, Bolton will use Saudi’s for his little New Year at Tehran party and have the US back them with arms giveaway. Much like the 80’s Iran/Iraq war.
Then the heels will do a sneak attack (like they always do) with few tactical strikes and run away while they are busy with ARabia
The Saudis will find out what a real missile strike looks like. I’m certain that the Iranians have gamed out how to maximize damage to the KSA’s oil infrastructure.
So does Yemen have a right to attack America for supplying weapons to the Saudi’s? Or Syria for us supplying the “rebels”? Or the Taliban for us supplying the Afghan puppet government? The list goes on and on.
I saw video of a Saudi air defense missile crash into a neighborhood near the Saudi Launch pads. Probably why a missile from Yemen got in.
Billions in arms bought by the Saudis but they can’t beat one of the poorest countries on earth even after three years. I’m guessing no Saudis are keen to die for the royal family.
“The Saudis have maintained the narrative that Iran is behind the Yemen War throughout….”
the pot calling the kettle black.
that’s just frigging laughable
no one in the world who is the least bit informed can imagine that this is anything but a war of aggression, the worst of all war crimes, initiated by Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s 3 greatest rogue states and one that should be toppled immediately, and all its leaders rounded up and put on trial