两国关系于今年1月恶化，当时一支受阿联酋支持的部队被沙特击败。
沙特阿拉伯正被敦促与阿拉伯联合酋长国就也门问题达成和解，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 two countries soured in January when a UAE-backed force was defeated by Saudis Saudi Arabia is being urged to reconcile with the United Arab Emirates over Yemen as the price Riyadh must pay to form a military alliance capable of driving the Houthis back.
在也门，阿联酋和沙特此前都支持反胡塞武装力量，但今年1月，阿联酋支持的分离主义组织“南方过渡委员会”（STC）遭到沙特攻击并被击败，沙特此举旨在粉碎其重建南部独立国家的企图，导致两国关系急剧恶化。此后，阿联酋实际上退出了也门。
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. The UAE subsequently in effect quit Yemen.