... momentous for themselves and the region.
The Syrian settlement is dangerously moving off the rails of the Vienna process, as Iran and Saudi Arabia, its key regional members, are losing the incentives to fulfill their obligations.
To this end, Syria and Yemen appear most vulnerable. The Syrian settlement is dangerously moving off the rails of the Vienna process, as Iran and Saudi Arabia, its key regional members, are losing the incentives to fulfill their obligations. On the contrary, they tend to support their proxies in a more aggressive manner by providing them with arms in order to tip the balance. The Yemeni ...
... Russia’s citizens April 17, Putin declared, "In no way is this a threat to Israel. This is only a defensive weapon. Moreover, we believe that given the conditions that are unfolding in the region, especially in connection with the events in Yemen, the supply of such weapons functions as a deterrent." Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was even clearer: "For Iran to have a modern air defense system is very urgent today, especially considering the rising tensions in the region, including around Yemen."
It's wrong to suggest — as some Western analysts did — that behind this decision stands ...
... Yemen, a minor oil producer strategically situated in a region where more than half of world oil reserves are located, geopolitics becomes a long-term market factor. Price hikes there have more to do with a possible standoff between Saudi Arabia and Iran, rather than Yemen itself.
Disruption in oil transit
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Leonid Issaev:
Yemen: Following in Afghanistan’s Footsteps?
Yemen controls part of the strait of Bab el-Mandeb, a bottleneck that separates the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea....
... that to Iran, factions are playing a dangerous game of globalization. As far as such flawed narrative goes, Yemen Shia and the Houthis are one and the same, and since Iran has expressed its support of the Houthis, ergo the Houthis and by extension all Yemeni Shia are Iranian agents, thus the self-proclaimed enemies of Yemen.
While of course put in such a way, this analysis clearly appears short-sighted, bias, inherently inaccurate as well as incoherent, such is the message which politicians and their affiliated ...
