The testing ground for the Iran-Saudi normalization deal, announced on Friday and brokered by China, will be in Yemen.
The aftermath of a car bombing in Aden in 2021. Photo: Wael Shaif Thabet/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.
after eight years fighting the Houthi rebels, who ousted a Saudi-allied government from the capital in 2015.armed and aided the Houthis, who have in turn carried out dozens of missile and drone strikes across the border into Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia wouldn't have signed an agreement to restore relations with Iran without a promise that Tehran would stop arming the Houthis and perhaps pressure them to stop the cross-border attacks.
"Iran might be able to encourage the Houthis to escalate," says Veena Ali-Khan, a Yemen researcher at the International Crisis Group. "Whether or not they have the ability to encourage the Houthis to de-escalate is a whole different story."
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