After Afghanistan, Houthi rebels call for US and Saudi exit from Yemen

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After the humiliating exit of the United States in Afghanistan, emboldened Houthi rebels  have also called for the departure of the US and Saudi Arabia from Yemen.</p>
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Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, chairman of Yemen's Supreme Revolutionary Committee, in a post on his Twitter account on Tuesday urged Washington and Riyadh to quit Yemen under a well-defined exit plan.</p>
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“With the departure of the last American colonizers from Afghanistan, I call on the United States and its Saudi ally to leave Yemen too and devise a plan to that effect so that the Yemeni people can live in stability and away from occupation and guardianship,” Houthi tweeted, Iran’s Press TV reported.</p>
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“The Yemeni nation will never accept occupation and guardianship, no matter how long the conflicts and confrontations last. Yemen will be the graveyard of the aggressors, ” Houthi said.</p>
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In March 2015 Saudi Arabia launched, in what is widely perceived as  a US-backed military operation in March 2015. A number of Gulf countries had participated in the attack in collaboration with a number of Gulf states targeting the so-called Ansarullah movement.</p>
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The war with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels has dragged on, resulting in a situation where diplomacy could come into play.</p>
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sultan in April  told Turkey’s TRT channel that “Iran is a neighbouring country, and all we aspire for is a good and special relationship with Tehran.”</p>
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Iran and Saudi Arabia, engaged in a fierce struggle for sectarian based regional domination cut their ties in 2016, starting a proxy-war in Yemen.</p>
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"We do not want Iran's situation to be difficult. On the contrary, we want Iran to grow… and to push the region and the world towards prosperity," the Saudi Crown Prince said.</p>