Saudi commentators go public in criticising UAE role in Yemen


  • World
  • Sunday, 18 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO General view in Riyadh Saudi Arabia June 21 2020. REUTERSAhmed YosriFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: General view in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 21 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - Pro-government commentators in Saudi Arabia are publicly criticising the United Arab Emirates' role in Yemen, a rare move that reflects political and economic tensions between the two Gulf allies that also led to an open standoff over oil policy.

Saudi Arabia is trying to contain a power struggle in southern Yemen between the recognised government backed by Riyadh and the main separatist group supported by the UAE - which risks broadening a war that Saudi Arabia is struggling to exit.

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