KSA Failed to Break Yemeni Will, Restored to Training Hadi Militants
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More than a month on its aggression, Saudi Arabia found no way to break the steadfastness of the Yemeni people.
Thousands of martyrs and wounded. Airport was destroyed. Yemen is suffering the demolition but the will of its people wasn't touched.
In order to break this will, Saudi Arabia has reportedly started training hundreds of Yemeni militants to fight the other Yemeni on the ground, while Riyadh continues its bombardment.
"You cannot win a war against the Houthis from the air - you need to send ground forces in, but now there's a program to train tribal fighters on the border," military source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
According to another Yemeni official source, some 300 militants have already managed to return to Yemen after getting Saudi training. According to information, they were send to the Sirwah district in the central Marib province to battle Houthis in the area.
Saudi Arabia's coalition spokesman failed to either confirm or deny the reports.
"We always confirm that we are helping the resistance and the popular groups, the loyal army ... but we cannot go into details on where, how, how much," Ahmed Asseri claimed.
The training received by the Yemeni tribesmen in Saudi Arabia allegedly includes light weapons and tactical advice knowledge. According to another source, the Kingdom plans to boost deployment of such units to fight the Houthis resistance.
Rhiayad is reportedly gathering all tribal leaders loyal to the ousted president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who fled to Saudi Arabia, to unite their tribal forces against the other Yemenis.
"Saudi Arabia wants to unite tribal leaders in this meeting but the feeling is that there's not much hope for that," a Yemeni source in Riyadh told Reuters.
"The Saudis have decided that they are going to intensify the unstable situation by providing arms to an oppositional group, a group that has been traditionally oppositional to the Houthis," Ajamu Baraka, Middle East expert told RT.
The forces in Yemen which Saudi Arabia is arming can turn extremists, Baraka says, as they have some "traditional, Whabis, leanings," which is the "main ideological, foundation for al-Qaeda."
"The only force that is gaining as a consequence of this conflict is in fact al-Qaeda," he went on to stress.
"The Saudis have an objective which is connected to the interest of "Israel" which is basically to perpetuate the narrative that Houthis are the proxy force of Iran," Baraka said, adding that such policy also suits Washington.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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