Wed Apr 12, 2023 – 1:15 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Since the outbreak of the war in Yemen in 2015, Saudi Arabia has been fighting Yemeni rebels in a war for control of the oil and gas producing nation. Peace has been elusive in a conflict which has seen several factions vying for control of this strategically significant – if impoverished – nation.
On Good Friday, April 7, the Saudis announced they would end the war with Yemen. which is widely interpreted as the result of a meeting in Beijing the previous day between Saudi and Iranian diplomats.
In a further blow to U.S. influence in the Middle East, this is seen as a result of Chinese efforts to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
History of the war
In 2014, Ansurallah, known as “the Houthi rebels,” occupied the capital, Sanaa, and conducted a military offensive in the south of the country. Their goal was to overthrow the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.
The next year the Saudis invaded Yemen and began an aerial bombing campaign, supported by U.S. drone strikes. Their aim was to reinstall President Hadi, and to dislodge Ansurallah.
A Saudi
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