Liz Sly, Washington Post: How the Yemen conflict risks new chaos in the Middle East
BEIRUT — The meltdown in Yemen is pushing the Middle East dangerously closer to the wider regional conflagration many long have feared would arise from the chaos unleashed by the Arab Spring revolts.
What began as a peaceful struggle to unseat a Yemeni strongman four years ago and then mutated into civil strife now risks spiraling into a full-blown war between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran over a country that lies at the choke point of one of the world’s major oil supply routes.
With negotiators chasing a Tuesday deadline for the framework of a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, it seems unlikely that Iran would immediately respond militarily to this week’s Saudi airstrikes in Yemen, analysts say.
WNU Editor: We are now past that point on how the Yemen conflict risks new chaos in the Middle East .... we are there already. As for the U.S. .... their Middle East policies and priorities will need to be revised .... A Policy Puzzle of U.S. Goals and Alliances in the Middle East (NYT).
Update: Saudi Arabia gives an update on their air campaign against the Houtis rebels in Yemen .... Yemeni warplane fleet destroyed in raids, Saudis say (Washington Post).
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