But the current status quo is partly the leadership's responsibility, including that of MBS. KSA and the Yemeni government had ample opportunities to defeat the Houthi terrorist cult before COVID-19, but concerns about humanitarian issues and other considerations prevented the capture of the last port under Houthi terrorist cult control (Al-Hudaydah) at the time.
This was compounded by baseless and false accusations of an alleged genocide, which the Arabized Majoosis in this thread are parroting as well as Houthi terrorist cultists.
The situation would likely have been different today if that had the case.
Another factor was the aversion to losing Saudi Arabian soldiers and civilians in the southern border regions, as well as the leadership's focus on domestic development through Saudi Vision 2030, which has been a considerable success by almost every objective measure.
This, in turn, is related to internal Saudi Arabian dynamics, the historical policies of the House of Saud, and its preference for diplomacy.
The broader regional context at the time must also be considered, including the ongoing civil wars to the north (Syria and Iraq), the threat posed by ISIS, and other destabilizing elements.
Finally, there is the elephant in the room: Abu Dhabi's betrayal and its undermining of a unified front in Yemen, which indirectly provided substantial assistance to the Houthi terrorist cult.
However, nowadays, there should no longer be any excuses. The Houthi terrorist cult needs to be defeated once and for all for the sake of Yemen, the Yemeni people, and KSA, as we cannot, even in a perfect world, afford to have a permanently failed state along our nearly 2,000 km-long southern border.
No doubt in my mind that KSA has been helping Ukraine target Russian oil and gas facilities as well. The Russians were always our enemies and they are still butthurt that just a few 1000 Saudi Arabian mujahideen managed to kill 1000's of Russian soldiers in Chechnya, Dagestan and Caucasus, let alone in Afghanistan in the 1980's. Same lot that has killed millions of Muslims (Caucasian Muslims and mostly Turkic Muslims but also untold numbers of Iranian Muslims). Many of the most diabolical Israeli Zionists are also Russian Jews. The Putin regime and his mostly Jewish oligarchy is also a pro-Zionist regime by all accounts. Luckily Muslim demographics in Russia are on the rise and eventually Muslims will yield significant influence and power in Russia.
As a side note; Arab empires and caliphates conquered areas of modern-day Southern Russia and the Caucasus and captured, bought and employed probably millions of Slavic people as literal slaves.
en.wikipedia.org
To this day Russian pros***** are a common commodity in certain GCC capitals and cities without mentioning them by name here.