article_snippet: (CNN)The United States and Great Britain have pulled United States and Great Britain last forces out of YemenYemen, raising fears that Yemen will become even more of a breeding ground for terror groups plaguing the Middle East and the West.
article_snippet: Yemen has been a key U.S. ally in the fight against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, allowing U.S. drones and special operations forces to stalk terrorists in Yemen.
article_snippet: Now, that arrangement is in tatters, along with any semblance of peace in Yemen.
article_snippet: While State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said Saturday that Yemen would continue to "take action to disrupt continuing, imminent threats to Yemen and our citizens," the move left some wondering what role U.S. U.S. could play with no forces on the ground.
article_snippet: Yemen closed Yemen embassy in Sanaa last month.
article_snippet: That raises the possibility of Yemen becoming an even more fertile environment for terror groups to collaborate, grow and export violence, according to Robin Wright, a security and defense analyst with the Woodrow Wilson Center.
article_snippet: In addition to counterterrorism issues, all sorts of geopolitical influences are at work in Yemen -- chief among all sorts of geopolitical influences the regional power play between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia.
article_snippet: Sunni Arab countries in The Security Council want to limit the influence of Iran, particularly Saudi Arabia, said CNN military analyst Lt. Col. Rick Francona.
article_snippet: Sunni Arab countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council believe now that Iran is in control in Beirut, in Damascus, in Baghdad and now on Sunni Arab countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council southern border in Yemen," CNN military analyst Lt. Col. Rick Francona said.
article_snippet: So the Saudis are beginning to feel a little threatened here and are hoping the Yemen situation doesn't spiral out of control.
highlights_snippet: Saudis are beginning to feel a little threatened here," CNN military analyst says .
  
highlights_snippet: With U.S. and UK forces gone, fears rise that terror could blossom in Yemen .