Thursday, April 25, 2024

Why Does the United States Operate Blind in Yemen? by Michael Rubin

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"... Because Sana’a is unsafe, the United States has since 2014 stationed its Yemen country team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is backwards for three reasons.

First, given the history between the two neighbors even before the Houthi take-over, the U.S. decision to base its Yemen embassy in Riyadh has all the sensitivity of stationing a temporary U.S. Embassy to Ukraine in Moscow. ...
Second, putting the U.S. mission to Yemen in Saudi Arabia effectively excludes Yemenis. Saudi Arabia requires Yemenis to acquire visas to enter Saudi Arabia but it has closed its embassy in Sana’a making visa acquisition impossible. ...
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Why Does the United States Operate Blind in Yemen? | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

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