Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates asked for military aid Washington for the operation to free from Huthis Yemeni Hodeidah seaport, According to the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
Through the port comes in Yemen 80% all commercial and humanitarian supplies. Arab coalition regularly accuses Iran of using Hodeidah port for shipments of missile weapons Huthis. Iranian authorities deny this.
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have assured the US administration, do not start storming the port, until they get the consent and support of Washington. In this regard, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked the competent authorities to urgently assess the request of the Saudis, in which, including contains a paragraph on the transfer of the Arab coalition intelligence, collected using drones.
At the same time the administration is not in a hurry to take on responsibility for the operation. there's fear, that the fighting, which will begin on the outskirts of the city, get out of control and forced the Pentagon to use force.
We are not sure 100 percent, that forces (Arabic) coalition will be able to launch an attack purely, avoiding catastrophic incident, the newspaper quoted a White House official.
While stopped at the side, In the near future the operation will not be carried out. Postponement will allow the UN special envoy in Yemen Martin Griffiths to try to stop the confrontation peacefully through diplomacy.
The US and Saudi fears persist, that supported the coalition forces in Yemen may begin to act on their own.
reported, that soon the White House will hold a meeting, where Yemen experts will analyze the situation and will offer his version of future actions.
