Nabil Huri, former US diplomat and head of the US mission to Yemen, said al-Jawf province on the Saudi border is a key focus of a Saudi-backed offensive because it functions as a logistics corridor to the internationally recognized Yemeni government.

2026-09-08

Nabil Huri, former US diplomat and head of the US mission to Yemen, said al-Jawf province on the Saudi border is a key focus of a Saudi-backed offensive because it functions as a logistics corridor to the internationally recognized Yemeni government. Huri warned the fighting is not solely a Yemeni civil war but part of a broader regional contest that aligns the US, Israel and some Gulf states against Iran and its allied "axis of resistance", including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi movement.