British Newspaper Sheds Light on Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Isolation and Washington’s Withdrawal

The British newspaper The Guardian revealed a decisive shift in the international and regional position, indicating that the US administration has made a decision to refrain from providing any direct military support to Saudi Arabia to back the coalition forces and forces loyal to it on the western coast and in the fronts of southwestern Yemen.

Follow-ups — Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:

The newspaper explained that Washington canceled at the last moments airstrikes that were designated to relieve military pressure on the field formations loyal to Riyadh following the rapid field advance on the coast and its control over the highlands and the Bab Al-Mandeb outlets. This American position came after indirect meetings and understandings during which Washington showed its keenness on the safety of its own navigation lines and avoiding direct involvement in field battles, which left Riyadh in an exposed solitary confrontation with the repercussions of the siege and military pressure on oil transport routes and ports.

This Western retrenchment places decision-makers in Saudi Arabia before a strategic dilemma, as bets on external military intervention to restore the balance of power on the western coast have dissipated, and Riyadh has become trying to deal with the consequences of its depth being targeted and its waterways being choked without direct security cover from its traditional allies.