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The Houthi Ansarullah revolutionaries control a large swath of territory inside Saudi Arabia, The New Khalij has reported, however the kingdom has not mentioned this publically.
“The real story is about a cover-up of Saudi military embarrassment and the imminent risk of wider conflict from which Iran, at little cost to itself, will only profit,” Simon Henderson, Baker Fellow and Director of the Gulf and Energy Policy Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said.
“The Houthis effectively control a strip of Saudi territory several miles deep along the border, from opposite the city of Jizan eastwards to Najran – we are talking about 100 square miles of the kingdom, possibly more,” he added.
“There is some debate whether the land can be described as occupied or not, and occasionally the Saudi military makes forays into it, but essentially it serves as a launching area for Houthi attacks on Saudi military positions and border towns,” Henderson continued.
The Houthis regularly conduct military incursions inside Saudi Arabia and have upped the conflict by firing rockets deep into Saudi Arabia. The most notable missile travelled towards the capital Riyadh, though it was intercepted by Saudi security forces.
Saudi Arabia’s military strategy in Yemen has failed to break a three-year stalemate in favor of the Houthi group.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
