Saudi Arabia will have to respond to Houthi airport attack – but the choices are stark
Sending large numbers of Saudi troops into Yemen would plunge the kingdom into a an expensive and grinding ground war across rugged terrain and undercut the image Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is carefully cultivating of a stable, investment-friendly kingdom and global tourism hub.
As Saudi Arabia reckons with the deadliest attack on its soil in more than a decade, questions swirl over how Riyadh will respond as Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthis continue to wreak havoc on the kingdom.
So far, Saudi Arabia has largely confined its role to providing air cover for the anti-Houthi Yemeni coalition, stopping short of any major deployment of its own troops on the ground.
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