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sometime. there have been ebbs and flows within the country of yemen. it's been a dangerous situation. transfers of power have been tenuous. but going to becky's report, whereas there will certainly be the threat of the use of force and there are some indications that saudis are moving elements toward their border, my belief is that those are somewhat overblown and i think the saudi arabian national guard which is a very capable force, is more than likely going to defensive positions along the border with potential for limited incursions into northwest yemen, just to threaten the houthi population. the real intent of all the gulf council to get the yemen leaders back to the political table to hash out what the government needs to look like. there has been too many threats toward the government. >> the u.s. is playing a role here, limited in its role,
new details this morning on the crisis in yemen. proposing a regional unified military force. they call for houthi rebel fighters to turn in their weapons and leave the capital of sana. new details as we hear saudi troop movements. officials say we could see coalition fighters on the ground in yemen within days. new video overnight is showing a convoy carrying tanks and ammunition on a highway heading to the saudi and yemen border. let's bring in cnn's becky anderson who has been he is summit. the prime minister of yemen is at these summits. is he playing a role what happens incomes? >> reporter: quite a significant role. he has left here and now he is back in riyadh. he traveled back with the saudi
providing intelligence and low gistic support. do you think it's going to stay in that limited role? >> i think it certainly will. this is a very tenuous internal conflict. there's a lot of people attempting to make it into a much bigger proxy war of tehran against riyadh, the saudis against the iranians, the shia against the sunnis. but this war has been going on many years inside of yemen. i think the u.s. provide support of saudi arabia in the context of logistic support that secretary kerry has already promised. >> there could be troops on the ground if saudi arabia crosses that border what we see is a continuing convoy. it's focused on the houthis. but another group is there too. is this going to ignore one group and focus on the houthis?
their weapons to legitimate authorities. the explicit understanding them being that if they don't, there is now a mechanism in place to ratchet up these arab-allied efforts. the president hadi slipped out of yemen last week and turned up to the arab summit to rally for the cooperation of decisive storm. in his opening speech, hadi didn't mince his words and denouncing houe ining houthi res puppets and warning them they will be responsible what happens next in his country. hadi flew back to riyadh late last night. i quote him when he says it could be within days at this point. watch this space. what goes on in yemen, of course, doesn't stay in yemen with the context of the u.s.-iran talks and the rest of what is broiling in this region.
king. as the saudi-led defensive from the air continues to grind down the houthis on the ground there is a chance that tens of thousands of arab boots on the ground could now be deployed within days, as you say, to further degrade the iran-backed militia. i've got in my hand here a draft summary of the communicator that was tlashhrashed out and lays o plans for an arab military force. this is the counter region -- in the future and always on the agenda here at the arab summit but this includes wording that speaks specifically to what is going on in yemen. it is expected to be officially ratified within the next hour or so and it officially endorses military action led by the saudis and as you rightly point out, urges houthis to immediately withdrawal from the capital sanaa and surrender
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this is an incredibly important story. still also just very briefly, don't rule out political dialogue continuing either in riyadh or possibly in oman but at this point a likelihood we could see tens of thousands of arab boots on the ground within days in yemen. >> becky anderson, thanks very much. now let's talk about this growing coalition. we have with us cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling. i want to start with the saudis who are approaching the border. a list of countries on the screen just a moment ago. why is this coalescing so quickly now when many of these countries stayed out of conflicts in other countries in the neighborhood and stayed out of this one for sometime? >> victor, they understand the threat that is yemen falling into a failed state status. and this has been a civil war that has been going on for quite