Saudi-UAE Cooperation can fight the Houthis together, but rival visions for southern Yemen may leave the country more fragmented than before.
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The Houthis use cease-fires to regroup and refit, targeting a vulnerable Saudi Arabia while divided foes fail to unite against their patient offensive.
Riyadh’s airport attack tells investors that Saudi Arabia is not open for business while Yemen’s war continues, and airstrikes cannot ever change that.
Yemen’s counteroffensive depends on stamina, not speed, as Houthi attacks stretch frontlines and deeply threaten Saudi Arabia’s security.
Southern Yemen’s separatist movement survived Saudi-backed dissolution, exposing Riyadh’s inability to convert military gains into lasting political control.
Houthi forces now seized Yemen’s western coast and Bab al-Mandeb, gaining leverage but exposing themselves on flat terrain.
Somali piracy resurges as the Iran war creates a security vacuum, with pirates attacking 15 vessels and ransoms funding operations.
Yemen’s maritime forces are rebuilding capacity to counter smuggling, but political rivalries could still derail progress at sea.
Maritime insecurity escalates as Somali hijackers aggressively target vulnerable commercial shipping vessels transiting critical global corridors.