US, Saudi Arabia share same interests in Middle East: Analyst
The United States is providing Saudi Arabia with logistical and intelligence support against Yemen because Washington and Riyadh have the same interests in the Middle East, says a political commentator.
In a phone interview with Press TV, Daoud Khairallah, professor of International Law at Georgetown University, said the United States has “two basic interests” in the Middle East.
He said one is to control the sources of energy and in this respect Saudi Arabia plays a very major role as an ally of the US.
“The US has an interest in also having Saudis and its allies in the area to continue political control over any kind of uprising,” Khairallah said on Thursday.
The professor mentioned the US interests as “the driving forces” for Washington’s position in Saudi Arabia’s recent offensive in Yemen.
“These are basically the driving forces behind the US government position and the Saudi position and some other [Persian] Gulf states who share with the Saudis the same interests,” he said.
Saudi Arabia began launching airstrikes in Yemen where the Ansarullah fighters have acquired power.
Saudi warplanes bombed the positions of the Ansarullah fighters and launched attacks against the Sana'a airport and the Dulaimi airbase.
US President Barack Obama authorized the Pentagon to provide logistical and intelligence support to Saudi airstrikes in Yemen, according to National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan.
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, admitted that Riyadh coordinated with Washington ahead of the airstrikes.
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