{"id":57705,"date":"2026-01-10T20:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=57705"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T20:16:32","slug":"saudi-uae-clash-in-yemen-redefining-red-sea-gulf-geopolitics-reshaping-power-in-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/saudi-uae-clash-in-yemen-redefining-red-sea-gulf-geopolitics-reshaping-power-in-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi UAE Clash in Yemen ! Redefining Red Sea & Gulf Geopolitics ! Reshaping Power in Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"A silent war in Yemen is reshaping Middle Eastern power: Saudi Arabia and the UAE, both tied to BRICS, clash by proxy in a \u201cforgotten\u201d front that could redefine Red Sea and Gulf geopolitics.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

by Leonid Tsukanov<\/strong><\/h4>\n

After an ambitious but poorly organized coup by the southern Yemeni elites supported by the UAE, Saudi Arabia delivered a counterstrike.\u200b<\/p>\n

Together with local loyalists, the Saudis effectively destroyed the pro-Emirati ecosystem in Yemen.\u200b<\/p>\n

However, from Abu Dhabi\u2019s point of view, it is still too early to speak of a\u00a0defeat<\/strong>. Even after the collapse of the southerners, the Emirates retained ways to ensure a \u201cshowing of the flag\u201d in this country.\u200b<\/p>\n

Old comrades fall out<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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The conflict between yesterday\u2019s allies in Yemen began in December 2025<\/strong>, when the\u00a0Southern Transitional Council (STC)<\/strong>, supported by the\u00a0UAE<\/strong>, under the pretext of conducting a counterterrorism operation, turned its weapons against its former partners \u2014 the northerners loyal to\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/strong>.\u200b<\/div>\n
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This happened with Abu Dhabi\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0formal consent: the sheikhs were no longer satisfied with the balance of forces inside Yemen, which had clearly not developed in favor of the southerners, and they took advantage of the opportunity to redistribute local property.\u200b<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Abu Dhabi\u2019s calculation was ambitious, yet at the same time simple: the pro-Saudi elements, exhausted by a years-long war with the\u00a0Houthis<\/strong>\u00a0backed by\u00a0Iran<\/strong>, did not represent a serious threat on the battlefield and certainly\u00a0did not expect a stab in the back<\/strong>\u00a0from their allies.\u200b<\/p>\n

Furthermore, over the years, Saudi Arabia\u2019s support for them had almost completely shifted into the diplomatic arena.\u200b<\/p>\n

The UAE believed that in the event of an escalation, Riyadh would not want to return troops to Yemen, from where it had only recently withdrawn them with great difficulty and reputational losses, and therefore would agree to a deal on Abu Dhabi\u2019s terms.\u200b<\/p>\n

At first, the scheme really did work. The southerners quickly managed to break the resistance of the northerners and virtually reached the \u201chistorical borders\u201d of\u00a0South Yemen<\/strong>, whose formal revival (under the name \u201cState of South Arabia<\/strong>\u201d) they had proclaimed back in\u00a02016<\/strong>.\u200b<\/p>\n

The southerners rushed toward the country\u2019s rich oil-bearing areas and the Yemeni\u2013Saudi border in order to finally cut the local loyalists off from their sponsors.\u200b<\/p>\n

However, as subsequent events showed, the Arabian neighbors were unable to predict Riyadh\u2019s behavior.\u200b<\/p>\n

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