Saudi Arabia also wanted to prevent Iran from threatening the Red Sea, international navigation and Arab national security or from controlling maritime areas from the Strait of Hormuz to Bab al-Mandab. We want to restore the Yemeni state and we do not want another "Somalia".To understand the role of Saudi Arabia in Yemen, we must first go back to history to realize the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. You may find a Yemeni tribe and its sheikh is Saudi, and a Yemeni Saudi tribe and its sheikh is Yemeni. No country initiated any payment except Saudi Arabia which was hoping this experience would succeed. The security of Saudi Arabia is a priority for the United States.

Source: Egypt Today December 28, 2018 15:22 UTC