... Houthis may make other scenarios relevant as well.
As we have shown above, a compromise with Ansar Allah is the most apparent solution. In this case, further developments of the situation in Yemen will depend primarily on whether the dialogue between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia is productive. The Houthis have long been trying to get Riyadh to enter into direct talks with them, and they have been pressuring Saudi Arabia into doing so by regularly attacking cities and infrastructure facilities in the country. Riyadh,...
... capital after Houthi forces seized control. Later on, the Houthi movement and the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, formed a tactical alliance. Hadi, in turn, took refuge in Saudi Arabia, which intervened in Yemen’s domestic conflict. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in conjunction with the Gulf Coalition (hereinafter, the “Coalition”) and enjoying the full support of the United States, the United Kingdom, etc., commenced bombing the positions of the Houthis and their followers. Not only did the operation aggravate the humanitarian situation, it also failed to facilitate any kind of political process. The Yemen peace talks in Kuwait were similarly unsuccessful. The United Nations described the ongoing ...
... Abdullah Saleh, who had for some reason become interested in a Houthi victory march across the entire country.
Indeed, it soon became clear that a strange alliance of the former adversaries had taken shape. But Ali Abdullah Saleh’s tactical allies, the Houthis, continued to suspect him. They remembered all too well the border treaty he signed with Saudi Arabia on June 12, 2000 (66 years after the previous border treaty had been signed), which secured Ali Abdullah Saleh a huge political and financial advantage in the struggle for Saudi favour, in particular against the Islamist al-Islah party, and ...
