The
Houthi forces, backed by the Yemeni Republican Guard, seized a key military
base in the Najran area of southern Saudi Arabia, Al-Masirah News Agency
reported on Friday night. According to Al-Masirah, the Houthi forces and Yemeni
Republican Guard managed to capture the bases in east Shabakah, which is
located in the Najran Valley of Saudi Arabia. The Houthi forces have two of the
Saudi Army’s flanks surrounded, leaving them in a dire situation inside their
own country. Aug. 26
The Saudi strategy in Yemen is suffering a complete
collapse. A year old article How Saudi Arabia got its Yemen campaign so
wrong [1] explains the reasons
behind the current debacle. As multiple enemies are defeating Saudi forces,
Houthi-rebels are aiming to occupy the southern provinces of Saudi Arabia. On
Friday US Secretary of State John Kerry revealed a plan to restart talks to end
the ongoing civil war in Yemen. However, the Houthis are not interested in
taking part in any peace talks as they are winning the war and see this as a
ploy to buy time and stop their successful advance into Saudi Arabia.
A chart for the upcoming solar eclipse drawn for Riyadh shows why the Saudi position has become so difficult. Notice that the eclipse is part of a
Mars-Saturn-Neptune-Node T-square that straddles the horizon axis and is
therefore very significant for the place.
The Mars-Saturn conjunction is placed on the Ascendant. When
Mars, the god of war, aligns with Saturn, the destructive combination often
gives rise to violence and war. However, a Mars-Neptune square often leads us
to take an action that is impractical. It ultimately results in impaired
effectiveness, once the ignored factors' presence is unmistakably asserted. Ebertin gives the following interpretation of
the combination:
Mars-Neptune-Saturn:
Misdirected energy; failures caused through absence of plans; unfortunate
consequences as a result of a weak will.
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