As Saudi tensions with Iran-backed Houthis escalate, mediator Pakistan faces pressure to choose a side ↧

As Saudi tensions with Iran-backed Houthis escalate, mediator Pakistan faces pressure to choose a side ↧ ↧ As Saudi tensions with Iran-backed Houthis escalate, mediator Pakis... For much of the past year, Pakistan has played a dual role as Riyadh's defence partner and Washington's backchannel to Tehran but this week's fighting between Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement and Saudi forces is increasingly testing how ​long Islamabad can hold both positions at once.