Reuters: Exclusive: Saudi Arabia building up military near Yemen border - U.S. officials
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with Yemen, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni conflict.
The buildup follows a southward advance by Iranian-backed Houthi Shi'ite militants who took control of the capital Sanaa in September and seized the central city of Taiz at the weekend as they move closer to the new southern base of U.S.-supported President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
The slide toward war in Yemen has made the country a crucial front in Saudi Arabia's region-wide rivalry with Iran, which Riyadh accuses of sowing sectarian strife through its support for the Houthis.
WNU Editor: The peace talks are suppose to begin soon .... UN-led talks on Yemen to begin in Doha as Saudi Arabia backs Hadi (Middle East Eye) ..... and Saudi Arabia has made it very clear that they would intervene if these talks fail .... Saudi Arabia Warns That They May Intervene In Yemen If Peace Talks Fail . Unfortunately, it appears that the Houthis did not receive the "memo" .... Yemen’s Houthis Extend Advance in South After Saudi Warning (Bloomberg).
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