Can a rift tear apart the Saudi Emirati coalition in Yemen? | Inside Story

UAE accused of attacking Saudi-backed Yemeni government troops to help separatists

A split is threatening the Saudi-Emirati coalition fighting the war in Yemen.
The two Gulf allies are supposed to be on the same side.
However, the UAE is accused of attacking the government that the coalition is trying to restore.
Yemen's internationally-recognised president says UAE warplanes bombed government troops around Aden, which had been taken over by Emirati-trained separatists.
The Yemeni government is urging Saudi Arabia and the United Nations to intervene, but the UAE says it only targeted what it calls 'terrorists'.
Can the Saudi-Emirati coalition continue after such a rift?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests:
Alkhadher Sulaiman - Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs for the Southern Transitional Council in New York City
Hassan Barari - Professor of International Relations at the University of Jordan
Elisabeth Kendall - Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College at the University of Oxford

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