Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Does Not Seek Permanent Yemen Presence

Saudi-Led Coalition Says It Does Not Seek Permanent Yemen Presence
A school girl is being rushed on a stretcher to a hospital after she was injured by an airstrike near her school in Saada, Yemen April 9, 2018. Reuters/Naif Rahma
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DUBAI—The spokesman for a Saudi-led coalition said on Tuesday that its military campaign in Yemen was not aimed at establishing a permanent presence along the country’s West coast but at restoring its internationally recognized government.

A Yemeni official had told Reuters that Saudi Arabia and its main ally the United Arab Emirates would likely seek to remain deployed along the country’s Red Sea coast, where it is currently fighting an offensive against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.