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CONFLICT IN YEMEN IMPLICATIONS FOR IRANSAUDI ARABIA RELATIONS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).69      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).69      Published : Dec 2019

Conflict in Yemen: Implications for Iran-Saudi Arabia Relations

Abstract

    In contemporary times, when the world is shifting from unipolarity to multipolarity, regional powers seek to gain influence over each other. Yemen's Houthi group is an ally of Iran. Saudi Arabia is involved in countering this alliance by trying to restrain Iran's growing regional outreach. Thus, Saudi involvement aims to maintain its clout and suppress the Iranian role. The conflict in Yemen escalates in an ethnosectarian garb. However, Iran and Saudi Arabia’s concern in the Yemen conflict is based on geopolitical and governmental factors. This competition between the two Middle Eastern protagonists to exercise exclusive control in the region contains serious implications for security and stability.

    (1) Muhammad Tehsin
    Assistant Professor, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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