lol UAE is just using STC to control the Yemeni ports either the status quos continues in Yemen or the Houthi’s take control.No cap. And they've all pull out, one-by-one. Now, UAE and KSA are the only countries remaining, and they've turned into 'foes' with conflicting interests
I regularly follow the Yemeni conflict, and what amazes me the most is the fact the separatist movement of South Yemen (or South Arabia as they call themselves) is still alive. Heck, the VP of the 'internationally recognized' Yemeni gov't Aidarus al-Zoubaidi is also the president of the separatist STC, lol. At this point, I predict a federation of north/south Yemen.
There’s a military alliance the drones the Russians are using in Ukraine are Iranian but what I am saying is Russia will never allow Central Asia to be under USA control especially the former Soviet states USA could incorporate them into NATO and militarily surround Russia and even China. Russia also uses Central Asia to evade sanctions. The Caspian Sea also has oil not still discovered that can put some countries out of the oil business.If the West were to invade Iran (which btw will never happen), Russia won't do jacksh*t outside of maybe continue selling weapons. There're no formal alliance between them besides being united in an anti-West front.
The biggest danger to Irans goals in the Middle East I believe is turkey but no one wants to turn the Middle East into a sectarian bloodbath.As I said before, the best way to counter Iran is to go after their puppets. Their only Sunni ally are currently being obliterated in Gaza. But Assad, Hezbollah, Houthis and their Iraqi allied militias need to be dealt with, if they want to put Iran in their place.
Unfortunately, we're past the time of trying to get rid of Assad, all attempts thus far have failed; likewise, all attempts at dislodging Houthis have been fruitless and they will be part of a future (permanent) power-sharing of Yemen.
Hezbollah is the only thing stopping Israel from annexing Lebanon, Iranians will never leave Syria they worked too hard for their land bridge plus it allows them direct access to an ocean other than the Persian gulf.Hezbollah was the biggest faction to not get disarmed after the Lebanese civil war. With their Israeli war, later Syrian war and massive Iranian support, they're now part and parcel of establishment and all future gov'ts of Lebanon. Otherwise, they'll destabilizing the country. Same with total shia control of Iraq.
The best option is sponsor protests. UAE doesn’t have any problems with Iran the UAE backed STC never fought Houthis, UAE even helps Iran evade sanctions and sell their oil.At this point, the West are running out of options. UAE and KSA have started to normalizing ties with them for lack of better options, something the West and Israel feels at odd with. Additionally, sanctions haven't deterred them much. It will be interesting to see how they decide to address Iran in the future.