Arabic 21″ | Increasing differences between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh; The Saudi-Emirati coalition against Yemen collapsed.
The non-attendance of the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at the meeting of the Arab countries that was recently held in Saudi Arabia, has raised important questions about the Abu Dhabi-Riyadh alliance during the war against Yemen.
The 32nd meeting of Arab heads of state was held on Friday, May 29, hosted by Saudi Arabia and in Jeddah, while Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attended the meeting after 12 years. Synergy of efforts for a fair settlement of the Palestinian issue, they emphasized and stated: Foreign interference in the internal issues of Arab countries must be stopped.
The “Araby 21” news site near Doha, referring to the growing differences between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, reported that these differences have revealed the reality of the collapse of the Saudi-Emirati alliance, and the two countries from the alliance have moved towards competition. Of course, some media circles attributed the absence of bin Zayed to his trip to Europe, but “the mutual absence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and bin Zayed in the meetings held by the two countries indicates that the deep differences between the two countries It has been revealed”.
According to this site, regarding the time sequence of the possible collapse of the Saudi-Emirati alliance, it seems that the crisis in Yemen caused the emergence of this alliance, and this crisis will cause the collapse of the said alliance. It was after the start of the war that the two countries’ views on the war in Yemen began to change; Therefore, the UAE tried to take control of the coasts of Yemen and Socotri Island, supported the organization known as the Southern Transitional Council, and in early 2020, it claimed to stop participating in this war. However, Saudi Arabia considered these actions unilateral and stated that such actions will harm the goals of the war in Yemen.
