Why aren't the Saudis winning the war in Yemen?

Yemeni army officers loyal to the Shiite Houthi Group shout slogans during a celebration on a new constitutional declaration announced one day ago by the Group in Sana'a, Yemen, 07 February 2015. read more

Winning the war needs to be measured in terms of achieving the objectives set out in starting the war and the extent to which these may or may not have been achieved as a result of military intervention and activities. read more

Saudi Defeat in Yemen. Saudi Arabia cannot win the war in Yemen. The efforts of the Saudi-led coalition have not brought real success. The war reveals the military and strategic impotence of the Saudi command and leadership. The kingdom cannot defeat the main enemy – the Houthi led government. read more

The fighting can be traced back to the handover of power from long-time autocratic President Ali Abdullah Saleh to his deputy and current president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi in November 2011. read more

In turn, Saudi Arabia firstly wants to eradicate the Houthi rule in Yemen, and at the same time terrorize its own Shia population (e.g. execution of Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shia Sheikh). Yemen war Yemen remains fractured since President Hadi, in January of 2015, was ousted from the capital and went into exile. read more

Saudi Arabia and it's allies should win if we don't want to see a massive war in the region between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Houthi in Yemen who are insurgents by all accounts are backed by Iran and are being used as a proxy to fight Saudi Arabia, if they win (not likely) iran will use this method in other Arab countries that are already problematic to Saudi Arabia. read more