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“It can make Saudi Arabia safer, but it doesn’t solve the larger problem of dismantling the Houthi threat.”

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Al-Muslimi cautioned that a stronger defensive coalition may not eliminate the Houthi threat.

“But I don’t think this outside support will make a significant military difference unless the U.S. is directly involved.”

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Al-Muslimi said outside support won't make a significant military difference unless the U.S. is directly involved.

“The Houthis can impose enormous costs without having to spend very much themselves.”

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Al-Muslimi noted the Houthis can impose enormous costs without spending much themselves.

“The optics are enormously difficult. Saudi Arabia is the custodian of the two holiest mosques in Islam, and appearing alongside Netanyahu to fight another Yemeni group would be a nonstarter for much of Saudi society.”

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Al-Muslimi said the optics of Saudi Arabia fighting alongside Netanyahu against a Yemeni group would be a nonstarter for Saudi society.

“Many years later, everyone is realizing that the Houthis are not just Saudi Arabia’s problem, but everyone’s problem — whether that’s Turkey, Egypt, France, the UK or others,”

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Al-Muslimi said the Houthis are now recognized as everyone's problem, not just Saudi Arabia's.

“Saudi Arabia is a huge geography to protect, and this speaks to a larger threat we’re facing globally: a relatively small nonstate actor can pose a serious challenge to even a sophisticated and extremely expensive military,”

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Al-Muslimi said Saudi Arabia's vast geography makes it difficult to protect from Houthi attacks.

“If I were Saudi, I would never accept help like that,”

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Al-Muslimi said Saudi Arabia should not accept Israel's offer to help defend against the Houthis.

“we’ve already seen more than 10,000 families displaced in the last week alone”

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Al-Muslimi noted that more than 10,000 families have been displaced in the last week alone.

“Since this is [happening in] a maritime [trade] corridor, it will, for sure, drive further violence inside Yemen, but also from outside Yemen,”

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Al-Muslimi warned that the escalation in a maritime trade corridor will drive further violence inside and outside Yemen.

“It got terribly worse after the Houthis cracked down on aid organisations in northern Yemen. But the war continued despite the fragile truce, and what that meant was the destruction of what remained of the economy, with millions of families left without income,”

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Al-Muslimi described how the Houthi crackdown on aid organisations and continued war despite a fragile truce have devastated Yemen's economy.

“will create two new crises”

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Al-Muslimi warned that the latest escalation in Yemen will create two new crises: further internal displacement and rising prices for goods.

“Yemen was already going through one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world,”

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Al-Muslimi told Al Jazeera that deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Yemen will build on an already severe crisis.

“The Yemeni population will continue to suffer, first and foremost, more than anyone else, inside or outside the country.”

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Al-Muslimi warned that the Yemeni population will continue to suffer most from the ongoing conflict.