How Saudi Arabia Botched Yemen.

Saudi Arabia's Yemen strategy collapsed when Houthi rebels launched a massive offensive, seizing nearly the entire Red Sea coastline. Intelligence failures, ghost soldiers filling payrolls, absent air support, and Riyadh's refusal to deploy its own troops created what regional officials called an epic catastrophe, leaving the kingdom scrambling for options.

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