Dr Andreas Krieg
The Houthis are advancing toward Perim Island creating a potential stranglehold on the Bab El Mandab as their partners in the IRGC have created in Hormuz The fall of Mokkah shows how disorganised the Yemeni government forces and local partners are In early 2025 the UAE started a massive lobbying campaign to advocate in London and Washington for the support Tariq Saleh’s forces to retake the west coast of Yemen and Hodeidah - completely overestimating what they were capable of as they are now in retreat The Emirati divide-and-rule policy in Yemen empowering the STC over Saudi aligned forces has polarized the anti-Houthi camp and strengthened the Houthis
