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There has once again been a huge and shocking turn in the geopolitics of West Asia. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which once withdrew from the Yemen conflict, has once again made a dramatic and forceful comeback in this war zone. The UAE has made a major change in its diplomatic and military strategies after the increasingly dangerous attacks and missile strikes by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on the world’s busiest maritime trade routes such as the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Now UAE and Saudi Arabia have put aside all their old differences and joined hands once again to eliminate the growing terror of Houthi rebels and the serious economic crisis facing global trade. With this new and strong military alliance of the two Gulf countries, a new equation is clearly visible in the turbulent politics and battlefield of Yemen.
Until a few years ago, the UAE, changing its military priorities, had largely withdrawn its ground forces from the main battlefield in Yemen and maintained its grip through local separatist groups in southern Yemen. However, in the last few months, the aggressive manner in which Houthi rebels started targeting international waterways, commercial ships and Saudi-UAE strategic bases has raised alarm bells for the internal security of the Gulf countries. To maintain the global crude oil supply chain and safe shipping, both Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have now fully agreed that if the threat of Houthi rebels is not rooted out, it will devastate the economic stability of the entire Middle East. This common and serious threat has once again forced both the forces to stand shoulder to shoulder on the war front.
The direct impact of this new restructuring of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition and the UAE is beginning to be seen in strategically important areas of Yemen such as Hodeidah, Marib and Tsam ports. Defense experts believe that under this partnership, the UAE will make full use of its advanced naval capabilities, modern intelligence system and precise drone technology, while Saudi Arabia will take command of the ground front and air strikes. This coordinated operation against the Houthi rebels will not only deal a major blow to the Houthi command structure in the interior of Yemen, but will also create a security cover to make the movement of ships in the Red Sea safe. America and Western countries have also indirectly supported this move of the Gulf countries because the security of the Red Sea is like a lifeline for the global economy.
This war in Yemen has been one of the world’s biggest humanitarian and strategic crises for the last decade. At a time when Iran-backed militia groups are continuously inflaming tensions in the Middle East, the coming together of Saudi Arabia and the UAE could prove to be a game-changer for regional peace. If this new coalition succeeds in weakening the military and financial networks of the Houthi rebels, it will also give a strong chance of getting the long-stalled political peace process in Yemen back on track. The eyes of intelligence agencies and diplomatic experts around the world are now fixed on these battlefields of Yemen, where this withdrawal of the two most powerful countries of the Gulf is going to write a new story for the entire security structure of the Middle East in the coming days.