Newspaper: Saudi Arabia tests Oman's new trends towards the Yemen file
English - Saturday 07 March 2020 الساعة 11:01 am
Aden, Newsyemen
Al-Arab newspaper attributed the meeting of Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq, with the Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense, Prince Khalid bin Salman, to the accelerating developments taking place in Al-Mahrah Governorate on the Omani-Yemeni border.
Prince Khalid bin Salman's visit was accompanied by an unprecedented development through the announcement of the joint forces command of the Arab alliance to thwart a terrorist act that was targeting one of the oil tankers in the Arabian Sea.
The newspaper quoted political sources, that the bulk of the files included in the visit by Prince Khalid bin Salman are related to the Yemeni scene, where Saudi Arabia is betting on a change in Omani policy towards the issue of skill in particular, and the Yemeni file as a whole, under the leadership of Sultan Haitham, who revealed Since taking power, he intends to support the march of Gulf cooperation.
“Al-Arab” sources expected that the meeting that brought together the new Sultan of Oman with the Saudi Deputy Minister of Defense had touched on the attacks against the Arab coalition forces in Al-Mahra by armed elements led by Sheikh Al-Qebli, who is close to Doha, Ali Salem Al-Harizi, and is also supported, by a stream inside The Sultanate of Oman has Omani political and security figures who link their influence to the perpetuation of tension.
Prince Khalid bin Salman's visit to the Sultanate of Oman came in light of the Saudi-Omani attraction in the Yemeni province of Al-Mahra, which has long borders with the Sultanate.
The sources revealed that there is an Omani insistence that the Mahra be a zone of influence of the Sultanate while Saudi Arabia is working to have a presence in Mahra, which also has a very small border strip with it, at a meeting point between the Saudi and Omani borders.
It explained that, in addition to the tribal ties between the people of Al-Mahra and the Omanis, there is a Saudi complaint that Al-Mahra is used as a region through which weapons Iran sends to the Houthis after emptying them at the shores of that Yemeni population, which is sparsely populated on the one hand, and with a large area on the other.
The newspaper itself had revealed information in earlier times about the flow of tribal elements from the depths of Houthi to the province of Mahra, in the context of a suspicious activity supervised by Sheikh Ali Salem Al-Harizi linked to the Houthis and supported by Doha, and the tribal sheikh, Sheikh Hamoud Saeed Al-Mikhlafi, who is attracting elements from the governorates of Taiz Ibb is working to assemble them in camps in the Al-Jund region of Taiz, before some of them head towards Al-Mahra Governorate to join the anti-coalition protest activities funded by Qatar and the perpetuation of the escalation trend in Oman.
The sources did not rule out that the process of targeting a procession of the coalition and government forces a few days ago near the "port of shipment", and the attack on the oil tanker off the southern coast of Yemen, resulted from the infiltration of Houthi elements into Al-Mahra Governorate in successive periods in an attempt to confuse the Arab coalition.
The Al-Mahra sit-in committee, which raises the demands of expelling what it describes as the “Saudi occupation” from the governorate led by Salem Al-Harizi, according to close accounts on social media, has claimed responsibility for the attack on a joint Saudi-Yemeni military force, on the road leading to an outlet. Shipping ”on the border with Oman.
The spread of forces belonging to the Arab coalition in the "charging" port has sparked anger among Yemeni tribal, military and political figures affiliated with Qatar and a stream inside the Sultanate of Oman, which have been carrying out protests demanding that the Arab coalition leave the province.
Armed elements of Sheikh Al-Harizi have also stepped up their movements towards the Saudi-led Arab coalition forces through unsuccessful attempts to prevent their access to the strategic land port with the Sultanate of Oman, which confirmed several reports, including the report of the United Nations Committee of Experts, the use of the port in smuggling arms and money to the Houthis.
