After nearly 12 years of war on Yemen, Saudi Arabia still insists on continuing the air and naval siege on the north of the country, despite the truce and Saudi Arabia’s own rapprochement with Iran. But what are the reasons for this detestable Saudi insistence?
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Although the Saudi narrative, which it promotes to the international community to justify its crime of besieging the majority of Yemen’s 30 million people, still revolves around the Iranian scarecrow and the idea of sending experts, missiles, and other worn-out Saudi claims, there are other dimensions that Saudi Arabia does not reveal, although it occasionally invokes them through the statements of its loyal Yemeni elites.
Regarding the arrival of Iranian experts, according to Saudi claims, this scarecrow appears completely invalid. The most prominent evidence is that the Iranian ambassador leaves and arrives in Sana’a under the watch of a Saudi Arabia that is incapable even of uttering a word. Second, Iran does not need civilian aircraft that traverse several countries’ airspace on their long journey to Yemen to send weapons and experts. Most importantly, Saudi Arabia itself now has close relations with Iran and sent a high-level delegation to participate in the Supreme Leader’s funeral ceremonies, despite the American ban.
In reality, there are several dimensions Saudi Arabia seeks to achieve through the air siege on Sana’a. Most notably, implementing its comprehensive strategy to impoverish and destroy what remains of the Yemeni people’s capabilities in the north and south, which can only be achieved through imposing an air, naval, and land siege. The second relates to Saudi Arabia’s attempt to exert long-term pressure on Sana’a to accept its agenda, foremost of which is playing a mediating role, in addition to handing over all of the country’s capabilities to its mercenaries, a point clearly reflected in an article by the head of its government in Aden, Shaye’ Al-Zindani.
Past circumstances, including the Yemeni confrontations with the Israeli occupation and the American-British coalition, may have served Saudi objectives in recent times. However, it now appears to be in a real predicament, as Yemen has decided to lift the siege by force or diplomacy. The ball is now in the Kingdom’s court, while Sana’a’s march to open the airport will continue regardless.
