Saudi campaign in Yemen will hinge on local allies
The failure of diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Yemen has prompted Saudi-led military intervention
Updated: Mar 30, 2015
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- Ground offensive?
- Intervention risks
- Protracted guerrilla war
- Military overstretch
- Political polarisation
- Proxy war?
- Diplomatic endgame
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_350.jpg "A Houthi fighter walks at the site of an air strike at a residential area near Sanaa Airport (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)")