When Fan Yize returned to the base, Natasha, Ling Liang and Tanya were already waiting for him here.

"Commander, just got the latest news from Yemen, the Houthis seized the presidential palace, official residence and important military installations, and President Abdul-Rab Mansour Hadi and his cabinet resigned.

The latest news is that Saudi Arabia has issued a reward for the arrest of 40 leaders of the Houthi armed group in Yemen, with a total reward of up to $440 million. ”

"Although the Houthis have set up a presidential council and a national transition committee, they have not been recognized by the United Nations, and because of the secret confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the situation in Yemen is further deteriorating, and civil war may break out at any time, and this turmoil will also contribute to the growth of extremist groups in Yemen."

"Up to now, the United States has sent 100 marines to the Yemeni embassy to protect the security of the embassy, but the United States has no plans and plans to close the embassy and evacuate personnel, and some countries are already preparing to close the Yemeni embassy, and the fleets of various countries that are escorting ships in the Gulf of Aden can also go to Yemen at any time to carry out the evacuation of overseas Chinese and the evacuation of the embassy."

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Although Yemen is only an insignificant country, it is related to the confrontation between the two major local forces in the Middle East and plays a crucial role in Fan Yize's Middle East strategy.

The three people who are familiar with Fan Yize's strategic plan in the Middle East are well aware of the importance of this matter.

The actions of the Houthis in Yemen will inevitably intensify the confrontation in the Middle East, and if it is not effectively stopped, it will eventually turn into a protracted standoff. Long war.

"What else is the reaction of the Saudi side?" Fan Yize asked Natasha.

"According to the latest intelligence, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed is in telephone contact with Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and other countries, and Mohammed is also promoting a military strike plan against the Houthis in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain have all said they will respond to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Hadi's request to help protect Yemen and his dear people from Houthi rebel forces, the Saudi foreign minister said. Egypt has also indicated that it is providing political and military support for the campaign against the Houthi rebels. Natasha replied.

Tanya added on the side: "Yemen's former President Abd-Rabbu Hadi has now fled Yemen and is heading to the Red Sea by boat, either to Egypt or other Arab countries, and the Houthis have offered a $100,000 reward for Hadi's head."

Saudi Arabia has also planned a blockade of the entire territory of Yemen, which will completely restrict Yemenis from leaving Yemen, so once a war breaks out, at least millions of people will be directly affected, and the negative impact of the war will put the basic living conditions of Yemen into a huge crisis. ”

When Fan Yize heard this, he asked Ling Liang: "Does the staff headquarters have any results of the analysis?" ”

Ling Liang nodded and said, "At present, the United Nations intends to coordinate dialogue and negotiations between the two sides in Yemen, but it is impossible to reach a peace agreement between the parties and tribes.

Negotiations will take place, but they will not be fruitful, and the Houthis themselves are planning to form a government by force, which will inevitably further spur the political faction on the Saudi side, and the end result will be a civil war.

With Iran backing the Houthis, and Saudi Arabia providing weapons and equipment to help them arm, and Saudi Arabia itself will take direct military action, Yemen will enter a warlord civil war.

This will also lead to a power vacuum in Yemen, leading to more serious political turmoil, extremist groups in Yemen have been active, with the help of the chaos in Yemen, extremist groups will also usher in a good environment for development, and another armed force in Yemen, the freedom movement, is also taking advantage of this momentum to expand rapidly, and now several provinces in southern Yemen, as well as announcing their refusal to accept any orders from the capital.

The obvious result is that once Yemen becomes a platform for the Saudi-Iranian game, it will eventually lead to a struggle between the three major factions in Yemen, and it will be accompanied by the further growth of extremist groups, which will affect the nerves of the entire Middle East world. ”

Natasha continued Ling Liang's words: "According to the latest Yemeni intelligence, when the Houthis captured the capital, the Al-Qaeda branch in Yemen took the opportunity to capture the station of an infantry brigade of the Yemeni government army, and successfully occupied the station and arsenal of this infantry brigade, many Yemeni soldiers were captured, and Al-Qaeda also took the opportunity to obtain a large number of heavy weapons and equipment, including 30 tanks, 25 armored vehicles, 90 military vehicles and dozens of artillery pieces, and various individual weapons can arm thousands of people. ”

When Fan Yize heard this, he said with some surprise: "Al Qaeda is really good at seizing the opportunity. ”

Natasha further explained: "The captured infantry brigade camp is actually controlled by the Houthis, and there has been an armed conflict between al-Qaeda and the Houthis before, and according to the information we have received, Saudi Arabia has been secretly supporting al-Qaeda for many years, and this al-Qaeda operation, according to the intelligence analysis obtained by our intelligence officers, this operation is a military operation secretly instructed by Saudi Arabia, in order to be able to further effectively fight the Houthis." ”

"Then it seems that Saudi Arabia is really in a hurry." Fan Yize said lightly.

Yemen, as the backyard of Saudi Arabia, is now on fire, and Saudi Arabia is naturally very anxious, and no one wants to have a gun aimed at their head every day in their own backyard.

"Mohammed, as Saudi Arabia's crown prince, is committed to advancing military action against Yemen, and none of the countries he has contacted have yet expressed a clear willingness to send troops, but the end result will inevitably be the same as in history." Tanya said.

"How is Nayef doing now?" Fan Yize set his eyes on Natasha's body.

The last time he went to Saudi Arabia, Fan Yize gave Nayef a very powerful golden finger, which has the possibility of a perfect counterattack for Nayef, who is ambitious and unwilling to become a "prisoner".

Almost a month has passed, and Nayef must have secretly developed considerable strength, and at this juncture in Yemen, once Saudi Arabia sends troops to Yemen, Nayef will have more opportunities.