They have fought against the Yemeni government since 2004, including the current US and Saudi supported government of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.
He also said Hadi's government controlled "80 to 85 percent of Yemeni territory" today, two years after the coalition intervened.
In a January report, consultants Faithful+Gould said Saudi Arabia may scrap at least $13.3 billion in projects.
"It did not happen for several reasons: First, there would have been be a large deployment of ground forces which would have resulted in a large number of civilian and military casualties".
When asked by reporters if Trump administration had any plans to send additional aid to help Saudi Arabia turn the tide in Yemen's more than two-year-old civil war, Mattis wouldn't say. He also is scheduled to visit Egypt, Israel, Qatar, and Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.
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The coalition of mostly Arab Sunni countries has waged a campaign to dislodge Yemeni Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, who seized Yemen's capital and some other areas in 2014 and forced the internationally-recognized government to flee the country.
"As a result, four officers and eight non-commissioned officers from the Saudi armed forces were martyred", it said, adding the possible cause of the crash was under investigation.
The coalition accuses Iran of trying to use the Houthis to expand its influence in Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries. DEEPER INTO YEMEN The United States also is considering deepening its role in Yemen's conflict by more directly aiding its Gulf allies that are battling Houthi rebels who have some Iranian support, officials say, potentially relaxing a US policy that limited American support.
Matviyenko noted that "the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Sovereign Fund of Saudi Arabia successfully cooperate".
Saudi Arabia is a staunch backer of Syrian rebels attempting to overthrow Assad, while Russian Federation has supported the Syrian president diplomatically since the beginning of the war and launched military operations in support of the Assad regime in September 2015.
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