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Saudi, US and Russian coordination to discuss developments in the Yemen crisis and securing navigation at Bab al-Mandab

Bab al-Mandab, Yemen ·

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed developments in Yemen with his US counterpart Marco Rubio and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, along with ways to address the situation.

Yemen has been affected by a long-running internal conflict in which Saudi Arabia supports the internationally recognised government against the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah), which controls Sanaa and much of the north. The Bab al-Mandab strait links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.

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