What does it cost to Saudi Arabia its war in Yemen?

• By  Darius Shahtahmasebi ,www.conjugandoadjetivos.com
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• September 6th, 2017

The objective of the air campaign brutal Saudi Arabia (when not directed at civilians) are the Houthi rebels fighting alongside former leader of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who lost power in 2012. 

Saleh  maintains  the loyalty of many of the armed forces of Yemen, which gives the survey a somewhat organic component. 

For example, hundreds of thousands of supporters of Saleh  gathered  in the capital of Yemen, Sana'a, a few days ago.

After more than two years since the start of the campaign led by Saudi Arabia, the Saudis are far from achieving a military victory. 

As  he noted  Bloomberg  earlier this year:

And what is the cost of this intervention for oil-rich kingdom?

Al-Monitor  said  more early last year:

While the US and the UK are more than happy to provide an endless supply of arms to Saudi Arabia to commit its massive criminal behavior, Saudi Arabia is struggling to pay them. 

As  he explained  Brookings Institute  :

"Moreover, it is unlikely that the Saudis can afford a deal $ 110 billion in time due to low oil prices and the war more than two years in Yemen. President Obama sold the kingdom 112.000 million dollars in weapons for eight years, most of which was a single, huge deal in 2012 brokered by the then Defense secretary Bob Gates. to get that agreement through congressional approval, Gates also negotiated an agreement with Israel to compensate the Israelis and preserve its qualitative edge over its Arab neighbors. with falling oil prices, the Saudis have struggled to meet their payments since. "

But what motivated the decision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to sacrifice so much money and civil life?

Iran. Saudi Arabia considers the Houthi movement as an extension of Iranian power and is desperate to prevent an Iranian ally set directly on its border.

The problem for Saudi Arabia is that direct alleged involvement of Iran in Yemen has been exaggerated  . After a flurry of misinformation on this subject, the  Washington Post  admitted last year:

The weapons are made in Iran appear to be entering  Yemen via Somalia  , but this is not a substantive proof of Iranian involvement large scale.

Even reports that  attempt to show  the "crucial support" from Iran to the Houthi rebels explicitly state that the specific accusations against Iran can not be verified. 

This is not at all an attempt to absolve Iran - is a simple matter of evidence. Where is the evidence of Iranian involvement in Yemen scale, and where it comes from?

"The military doctrine is defensive Iran. It is designed to deter an attack, surviving an initial campaign, retaliate against an aggressor and force a diplomatic solution to hostilities, avoiding any concessions that challenges their main interests".

In fact, Iran has spent very little money in this conflict, and has not invested its own military personnel. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, has made (and lost) troops  and is discussing the possibility of a possible  economic collapse  .

Source:  ,  TheAntiMedia