Once again, the American envoy to Yemen returns to the region on a new tour with empty bags related to perceptions of a solution to the Yemeni crisis.

The visit of the American mediator comes in light of the American retreat and the change in role from playing the role of mediator to entering into an almost direct confrontation with the Houthis since the Houthis began targeting shipping in the Red Sea last November.

The US State Department, in turn, announced late on Saturday evening that the special US mediator to Yemen; Timothy Lenderking will begin a new Gulf tour as part of ongoing efforts to stop Houthi naval attacks.

Lenderking's already troubled agenda has been lost since the beginning of his appointment as an American mediator due to the shuffling of papers and the confusion of American policy towards the Yemeni file for more than a decade and Washington's involvement in supporting the fall of the capital, Sana'a, alongside its Gulf allies, with the justification of the necessity for the Houthis to conduct a small and limited military operation to eliminate the university. Faith and the Reform Party.

The departure of Western and American diplomatic missions accelerated the fall of the Yemeni state, and with it Washington lost the ability to influence Yemen and limit itself to playing the role of arms seller for regional agents to use in Yemen.

The American administration has changed twice and is overseeing a third change after a few months, and the Yemeni file is still being used as a time bomb being tossed around by the Democratic and Republican parties to achieve temporary gains, regardless of the losses suffered by millions of Yemenis and the spread of fires outside the borders of Yemen.

The expected visit of the American mediator this time coincides with the holding of negotiations on the file of prisoners and abductees, which may be the reason for the visit to include the file of employees of the American embassy and international organizations who were kidnapped by the Houthi militia at various previous times.

Muscat and Riyadh are the destinations of Lenderking. The first is a negotiation session, and the second is an attempt to take advantage of the Saudi-Houthi rapprochement to search for a settlement to release UN employees and diplomats detained outside the law.

Many observers believe that Washington, through its mediator’s tour of Yemen, is seeking to relieve the embarrassment of its neglectful position for years against the employees of the American embassy in Sanaa, and is trying to search for any imaginary victory that might serve the Biden administration, which suffers from a major memory defect and lacks the ability to Make any decision to save your lost face.

The American envoy has made several trips to the region since the beginning of this year, the last of which was last April, during which he met officials in Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman, and the discussions focused on alleviating regional tensions, including by putting an end to the Houthi attacks, which Washington says are... It undermines freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and impedes progress in the peace process in Yemen.