After five months of deescalation, the war in Yemen is heading back in the wrong direction. Fighting is escalating on the ground.
The Houthi rebels have resumed missile attacks on Saudi Arabia and the Saudis have resumed air strikes on Sana’a.
If the war escalates further, there is a danger it will expand and draw in Iran and America more than previously.
The missile attacks on Saudi Arabia’s vital oil infrastructure in Abqaiq last September were the galvanizing event that persuaded Riyadh to start deescalation. The pin-point accuracy of the attacks demonstrated the acute vulnerability of the Saudi economy.