Iran, Yemen Dilemma: “Saudi-American F**k Up Of Epic Proportions”

The Houthis are literally fighting in sandals and are routing a military provisioned by (directly) KSA and (indirectly) the US.

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Yemen Blame Game Begins: “Saudi-American F**k Up Of Epic Proportions”

An official affiliated with Saudi-backed militias in Yemen told CNN that the Houthis “committed everything they had – waves upon waves of fighters… along with their available ballistic missiles and weapons.”

“But the air support never came,” the source said in reference to the fact that the Saudi-backed side rapidly folded and retreated in just days last week. “And Mocha has now fallen.” The blame game has begun after a mere 36 hours has seen the Saudi coalition fracture on the ground, and the finger-pointing is likely to go on in the halls of government, now as Saudi territory continues coming under direct missile and drone threat.

🚨 American military advisers and IRGC officers are now facing off through opposing sides of the escalating war in Yemen. CNN reports that more than 100 U.S. military advisers are operating in Saudi Arabia, with one U.S. official putting the number at roughly 200. At the same

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Another regional source told CNN on Thursday that “The failure this time is not with the Yemenis” but that “it’s a disaster made in DC and Riyadh.”

According to some further key lines and expletives:

The regional source told CNN that it was “a complete failure of political leadership” amid fierce squabbling and delayed decision-making in Riyadh.

“There was not one air strike throughout the day yesterday (by Saudi support forces), although there were minute-by-minute updates,” the regional source added. “It’s a Saudi-American f**k up of epic proportions.“

There are at the same time widespread reports that the Iran-backed Houthis have seized US made M-ATVs and MRAP armored vehicles.

Dudes in sandals breaking the coalition with lighting speed…

🚨 Saudi Arabia is being attacked with ballistic missiles, losing ground in Yemen, and still appears unwilling to fully confront the Houthis. 

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The Houthis have already crossed a major threshold, launching ballistic missiles and drones against Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, striking Saudi infrastructure and wounding at least 73 people. Yet they have continued attacking, while Saudi-backed forces have now lost the strategic port of Mocha, roughly 80 km from Bab al-Mandab.

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• Fighting has intensified on several fronts in Yemen as government forces carry out air attacks on Houthi positions in an attempt to retake al-Makha (Mocha), days after the Iran-aligned group captured the strategic port city and tightened its grip on the vital Red Sea shipping lane.

• Heavy fighting is underway between advancing Houthi rebels and troops supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government at its two major strongholds.

• An Iranian commercial vessel has been attacked near Qeshm Island, killing one person and wounding four others, with an official blaming the “US terrorist enemy”.
• Houthi forces and Yemen’s internationally recognised government trade strikes as fighting over the critical Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint on the Red Sea coast of Yemen intensifies.
• The fighting has forced tens of thousands of Yemenis from their homes, intensifying one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
• Iran is expected to meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to promote regional security.