Iran Press/ Middle East: While the Saudi-led coalition has failed to meet its objectives, the war has killed hundreds of thousands of Yemenis and spawned the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
According to a recent report by the Crater Sky, a Saudi official held a meeting with a committee consisting of some people from the Yemeni provinces of Hadhramaut, Shabwah, al-Mahrah, and Abyan to announce that the kingdom has decided to grant the people of those provinces the right to self-determination so that they would be able to join Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi official also announced that the decision would not be overturned during the meeting, the Aden-based website reported.
The official also referred to the Yemeni provinces, rich in natural resources, as “Saudi Arabia’s Arab South.”
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According to the report, the kingdom’s decision comes as part of its plans to access the Indian Ocean.
Saudi Arabia launched a devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in collaboration with its Arab allies and with arms and logistics support from the US and other Western states.
The objective was to reinstall the Riyadh-friendly regime of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and crush the Ansarullah resistance movement, which has been running state affairs in the absence of a functional government in Yemen.
The Saudi plan to annex the Yemeni provinces comes while Saudi-backed forces have been consistently losing ground in recent months, especially in the key Ma’rib province, as the Yemeni armed forces continue their advances to free their country.
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