... should be expected to continue on several fronts at once, and Yemen will likely collapse slowly
In August 2019, the Yemen ... ... clash between the principal parties of the anti-Houthi coalition: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Riyadh is counting on ... ... move: first, it reduced tensions in the country’s relations with Iran, which finances the Houthis; and second, it relieved the United ... ... Governorate, as it hopes to receive dividends from the transit of oil and gas.
The Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah governorates are taking ...
... three years ago. It all started with King Salman taking power in Saudi Arabia in January of 2015. The newly assigned, aged and experienced ... ... added to each of, the Egyptian-Saudi rapprochement, the war in Yemen, the new car driving regulations and the ongoing arrests ... ... to allies and specifically NATO. Also there is the signature of Iran Nuclear Deal by world powers. As follows, I will discuss each ... ... Russians and Saudis have a lot to discuss and cooperate such as Oil and Gas markets, they have to deal openly at some point. It ...
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In the case of Yemen, a minor oil producer strategically situated in a region where more than half of world oil reserves are located, geopolitics becomes a long-term market factor. Price hikes there have more to do with a possible standoff between Saudi Arabia and Iran, rather than Yemen itself.
Disruption in oil transit
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Leonid Issaev:
Yemen: Following in Afghanistan’s Footsteps?
Yemen controls part of the strait of Bab el-Mandeb, a bottleneck that separates the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. In 2013,
3.8 million barrels ...
