Saudi Arabia is being urged to reconcile(和解；调和) with the United Arab Emirates over Yemen as the price Riyadh must pay to form a military alliance(联盟；同盟) capable of driving the Houthis back.
各方敦促沙特阿拉伯与阿联酋就也门问题达成和解，认为这是利雅得为组建能够击退胡塞武装的军事联盟所必须付出的代价。
Relations between the UAE and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, where both had backed anti-Houthi forces, plummeted in January this year when a force with which the UAE had been aligned – the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) – was attacked and defeated by Saudi Arabia in a move intended to squash its attempt to recreate a separate southern state.(阿联酋与沙特在也门的关系今年1月急剧恶化。两国此前都支持反胡塞武装力量，但今年1月，与阿联酋结盟的分离主义组织“南方过渡委员会”（STC）遭到沙特攻击并被击败，沙特此举意在扼杀该组织重建南部独立国家的企图。) The UAE subsequently in effect(实际上；事实上) quit Yemen.
阿联酋与沙特在也门的关系今年1月急剧恶化。两国此前都支持反胡塞武装力量，但今年1月，与阿联酋结盟的分离主义组织“南方过渡委员会”（STC）遭到沙特攻击并被击败，沙特此举意在扼杀该组织重建南部独立国家的企图。阿联酋随后实际上退出了也门。
But the unexpected success in mid September of the Iran-aligned Houthis’ drive to(向……推进) the narrow Bab al-Mandab strait(曼德海峡，连接红海与亚丁湾的战略要道) against pro-government forces has transformed the geopolitics(地缘政治) of the region again. The push south defeated the previously UAE-backed National Resistance Forces led by Tareq Saleh, whose front rapidly collapsed.(这次向南推进击败了此前受阿联酋支持的、由塔里克·萨利赫领导的全国抵抗力量，其阵线迅速崩溃。)
但9月中旬，与伊朗结盟的胡塞武装向狭窄的曼德海峡推进，出人意料地击败了亲政府力量，再次改变了该地区的地缘政治格局。这次向南推进击败了此前受阿联酋支持的、由塔里克·萨利赫领导的全国抵抗力量，其阵线迅速崩溃。