Why did Saudi Arabia use an embargo on oil supplies?
The major exception to this occurred during the 1973 oil crisis when Saudi Arabia, with the other Arab oil states, used an embargo on oil supplies to pressure the US to stop supporting Israel. Saudi Arabia is a founding member of several multinational organizations, including OPEC, the United Nations, the Arab League.
Why did Saudi Arabia intervene in Yemen?
On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, launched an intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who had been ousted from the capital, Sanaa, in September 2014 by Houthi insurgents during the Yemeni Civil War.
Why did Saudi Arabia block Yemen’s port?
The port has been blockaded by the Saudi-led coalition for the past three years, a decision aid organizations say has been the main contributing factor to the famine that threatens to engulf half of Yemen’s 28 million population.