Marcus Schneider

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The escalation in Yemen is drawing the Saudis deeper into the regional war, a war that Saudi Arabia actually wanted to prevent,
  • said Marcus Schneider, who heads the Friedrich Ebert Foundation's Regional Peace and Security Project in the Middle East
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The fact that France has now announced it will provide concrete military assistance has been received very positively in Riyadh,
The Houthis are well-established in Yemen and can withstand considerable blows,
The corridor for attacks against Iran runs through Syria,
Oman, in particular, feels especially vulnerable due to its geographical location on the Strait of Hormuz,
Since the start of the war, Oman has been among the Gulf states pushing hardest for de-escalation,

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