Yemen Conflict: Security Implications and Reconstruction Prospects

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Yemen Conflict Impact on Saudi Arabia

The Yemen conflict affects Saudi Arabia through border security, Houthi missile and drone risk, Red Sea stability, defence spending and the investment climate around Vision 2030. What began with the Saudi-led coalition intervention in March 2015 has become a long-running security file that still shapes the Kingdom’s southern frontier and regional diplomacy.

The Houthi movement, formally known as Ansar Allah, emerged from the marginalised Zaidi Shia communities of northern Yemen and evolved into a formidable military and political force with Iranian support. The Houthis’ seizure of the capital Sana’a in September 2014 and their subsequent advance southward towards Aden triggered Saudi Arabia’s military intervention, which was designed to prevent the establishment of an Iranian-aligned state on the Kingdom’s southern border.

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Yemen Conflict: Security Implications and Reconstruction Prospects

Yemen Conflict Impact on Saudi Arabia