Saudi Arabia is backing a Yemeni government offensive to retake Bab el-Mandeb, but Washington declined Saudi requests for airstrikes twice. The kill-chain gap has no solution. October 4, 2026 اقرأ هذا المقال بالعربية Correction, November 1, 2026: The page summary still described a 100,000-troop Saudi offensive, a figure withdrawn in the October 12 correction; it now says Saudi Arabia is backing a Yemeni government offensive. The article also put the 2015 Safer attack toll at more than 100 coalition personnel; the confirmed coalition toll was 52 Emirati, 10 Saudi and 5 Bahraini soldiers, plus Yemeni troops. It dated the attacks … Continue reading Who Closes the Kill Chain When the Americans Say No?