The French newspaper Le Figaro said the "storm of decisiveness" that later turned into a "restoration of hope" in which Saudi Arabia continues to subdue the Houthis in Yemen has turned into a total failure of the kingdom at all levels.
Reno Girard, editor of international affairs at the paper, asked what the storm, launched in 2015 by then-Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman, was of "firmness" and of "hope".
To answer this question, the writer acknowledged that the Yemeni people have already suffered from a "storm", with three million people displaced from their homes and 11 million Yemenis starving and not finding a living.
As for how "resolute" it was and what "hope" it brought back, Gerard said that the answer to that part of the question is not easy. Militarily, the Houthis still control the capital, Sanaa, and these fighters have not relented despite the simplicity of their military capabilities or their weakness despite their exposure. For strikes of devastating bombers from Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Humanely, the population of Yemen has suffered greatly from the various forms of embargo imposed by the Saudi-led coalition, the disruption of normal distribution channels, and the bombing, which is described as the least accurate in contemporary military history.
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But the worst thing, according to Gerard, is the political failure, as it is a resounding and comprehensive and is not evidenced by the chaos in the capital of southern Yemen Aden after the seizure of the UAE-backed "security belt" forces on the camps and the headquarters of the internationally recognized government in the city, which is gratifying Houthis, according to the writer.
He pointed out that Mohammed bin Salman in his disastrous decisions taken against Yemen first and then in his decision to besiege the State of Qatar, but he was responding to the instructions of his godfather Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed.
Three failures
In fact, Saudi Arabia has suffered three resounding foreign policy failures in the last decade, starting with its failure in Syria, where between 2012 and 2016, the Sunni rebels have provided money and materiel, waging war on Yemen since 2015, and ending its blockade of Qatar.
But the failure of the Yemen war remains the worst ever for the Saudis.
If Aden breaks up, the UAE will ally with the new Republic of South Yemen and leave the Saudis to stand alone against the Houthis in the north, then Abu Dhabi will open the way for another alliance in the region, this time with China, a superpower hungry for sea ports, especially on the eastern shores of the African continent.