Saudi-Led Campaign Of Airstrikes In Yemen Marks 100th Day

Saudi Arabia’s boldest military campaign in almost 100 years is marking its 100th day on Friday of punishing airstrikes on the Arab world’s poorest country, with seemingly no exit strategy in sight.

Since March, the kingdom has led an Arab coalition in an aggressive—and escalating—war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who it accuses of being proxies for its regional rival Iran. Cast as a litmus test for Saudi power and influence in the region, the conflict, known as “Operation Decisive Storm,” has deteriorated into a humanitarian crisis that threatens to undermine some of the kingdom’s larger foreign policy objectives in the region. An attempt by the U.N. to broker peace fell apart in June, and hours later, the bombing resumed.

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“The lack of a viable exit strategy suggests that this war could go on for hundreds of days,” said David Weinberg, a Middle East analyst and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “We’ll probably see Day 1,000 before it ends.”

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