Talk:UAE Saudi proxy conflict: southern seperatists and Hadi government in exile

Follow-up to Diagonal, Hussain Albukhaiti did give some interviews to trtworld but this one does not show up; it may be on live TV or in any case does not come up on google and twitter link is dead. Is something to be expected in that interview ? (No clue on the issue) --Resup (talk) 00:17, 30 April 2020 (UTC)


 * He's kind of a semi-offical spokesman for Ansarallah, so wanted to get a bit more of their take - must have made someone uncomfortable. My vague take - It looks like Saudis' position is somewhat weakened in the coalition. The UAE more able to pursue their expansionist goals currently in south yemen. But still both are part of the overiding quad US UK KSA UAE. --Diagonal (talk) 13:28, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Analysis

 * Investigating details of rocket attack on Aden airport - ISWNews, January 5, 2021
 * 2020 Aden Attacks (Wikipedia)

Discussion
British officials attribute the attack on Aden airport to the 'Houthi's'. Ansarallah did not claim responsibility for it, as they have done for missile/drone attacks on Saudi and UAE. I do not think that it was the Houthis. I suspect that other elements, perhaps disgruntled with the Saudi UAE/STC deal, may have been to blame. Other factions including Tariq Afash's and Al-Islah might also be considered as potential suspects. Some commentators suspected the attack came from within STC. ALthough their leadership were part of the power sharing deal with Hadi govt, it's likely that it was an unpopular arrangement. --Diagonal (talk) 20:23, 8 February 2021 (UTC)