India, Jan. 9 -- The turbulence that engulfed the global order during Donald Trump's presidency found a grim parallel in Yemen's descent into deeper chaos in 2025. What began as a domestic conflict long ago has metastasised into a multilayered arena where rival states pursue competing agendas through proxies, while civilians endure devastation on a staggering scale.

By year's end, Yemen's southern provinces had become the stage for an unprecedented rift between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates-two powers long viewed as strategic partners and anchors of Gulf stability. This rupture came into stark relief in December, when Saudi airstrikes hit Mukalla port in Hadramout. Riyadh claimed the attacks targeted vessels ferrying weapons ...