The Collapse of Saudi-Led Coalition Against Yemen in Full Swing as Sudan pulls out of the war

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I was going to make this comment.

I suppose it's like how Spain contributed to NATO in Afghanistan.

"Coalitions..."

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I looked it up, basically Sudan was being a Saudi proxy. They sent 10k Sudanese troops to yemen, which is quite a lot. And that's just "the first batch" according to the article. So there might've been 30-50k Sudanese troops in Yemen at the behest of Saudi Arabia. Who is funded almost entirely by the US and Israel, because they have overlapping geopolitical goals in what middle eastern countries they want to conquer.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34563528

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

30-50k of troops from Sudan is very surprising.

What could Sudan have to materially offer?

I suspect human trafficking is probably at the root of this Sudanese involvement. :-(

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Arab Persian Gulf states in the coalition have been compensating Sudanese mercenaries and child soldiers up to $10,000 each to enter the fight, essentially as cannon fodder in a conflict that has produced the world’s worst ongoing humanitarian crisis.

That confirms it's funded by the "Arab gulf states" which is mostly Saudi-Arabia I would assume.

So using US/Israel oil money, they're buying child soldiers from Sudan to kill their enemies in Yemen.

What a world.