Baraa Shiban

Yemini human rights activist

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The fighting is spreading on multiple fronts, but it is a situation that will keep escalating,
  • Baraa Shiban, an associate fellow in international security and Yemen expert at the London-based Royal United Services Institute think tank, told Al Jazeera, adding
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The Houthi forces are mounting simultaneous waves of attacks on the city trying to exhaust the Taiz Axis force defending the city. The Houthis are pushed back, but then the next day they come again on a different front,
Even at the peak of the fighting [before the 2022 ceasefire], Saudi only deployed very limited ground forces in support of the government, preferring to rely on air strikes instead,
You need to remember that, despite everything, Yemen remains a tribal society,
Saudi Arabia will unfortunately have to find a military option against the Houthis, whether that is limited or long-term,
They have a long-established relationship with the United States, and I honestly don’t think the US can just watch from a distance,

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