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March 15, 2021

Iran’s Target in the Middle East Isn’t Saudi Arabia, but U.S. Interests

The Biden administration’s dangerous misunderstanding.

Shortly after coming to office, the Biden administration repealed sanctions on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, reduced support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting them, and announced its intent to use diplomacy to “end the war” that has raged in Yemen since 2014. But this approach is based on a fundamental misunderstanding about the causes and nature of the conflict, writes Mohammed Khalid Alyahya:

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