Elham Manea

Swiss-American academic

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Riyadh is likely to combine military pressure and the rebuilding of anti-Houthi forces to regain leverage, before reopening indirect negotiations with the Houthis and seeking a parallel regional understanding with Iran,
Now, it is providing greater military, technical and logistical support to the internationally recognized government and forces aligned with it,
The Houthi movement is militarily and institutionally much stronger,
At present, I consider the second scenario more likely,
Since the 2022 truce, Riyadh's priority has been to extricate itself from the Yemen war and create the regional stability needed for its broader economic transformation 'Vision 2030',
The current escalation appears to be driven primarily by the Houthis,
  • Elham Manea, a political scientist and adjunct professor at the University of Zurich specializing in Middle East and Gulf studies, told DW
    Deutsche Welledw.com/en/military…

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