What will happen after Sanaa's fall? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Oct 22, 2014

A Shi'ite Houthi rebel mans a checkpoint in Sanaa October 9, 2014. The Houthi rebels who stunned the Arab world with the sudden seizure of Yemen's capital will have to strive to cement their power in the face of well-armed rivals, a test of strength that could tip the unstable country deeper into turmoil. Picture taken on October 9, 2014. To match Insight YEMEN-SECURITY. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR4AAW1 — A Shiite Houthi rebel mans a checkpoint in Sanaa, Oct. 9, 2014. — REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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Southern Popular Resistance fighters gather on a road during fighting against Houthi fighters in Yemen's southern city of Aden May 3, 2015. Between 40-50 Arab special forces soldiers arrived in Aden on Sunday and deployed alongside local fighters against the Houthi militia, a spokesman for the Southern Popular Resistance said. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1BC8V

Saudi Arabia, Iran both losers in Yemen war

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Followers of the Shi'ite Houthi group attend a gathering at the group's camp near Sanaa September 10, 2014. Yemeni soldiers traded gunfire with Shi'ite Muslim rebels near a military base at the southern entrance to the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, residents said, hours after soldiers killed at least four Shi'ite protesters outside the cabinet building. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR45ODD

Houthis' contradictory path in Sanaa

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Shi'ite Houthi rebels drive a patrol truck past a Ansar al-Sharia flag painted on the side of a hill, along a road in Almnash, the main stronghold of Ansar al-Sharia, in Rada November 22, 2014. Shi'ite Houthi fighters recently managed to enter the area, which had long been the main stronghold of Ansar al-Sharia, the local wing of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Picture taken November 22, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT) - RTR4F880

Yemen falling out of Saudis' grasp

Ibrahim al-Hatlani

Ibrahim al-Hatlani

Supporters of Yemen's separatist Southern Movement hold up posters of former president of South Yemen Ali Salem al-Beidh during a rally in the southern port city of Aden January 27, 2013. The rally was held to call for the secession of Yemen's south. REUTERS/Yaser Hasan (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3D1UU

Former South Yemen President To Continue to Call for Secession

Haytham Mouzahem (Syria Pulse)

Haytham Mouzahem (Syria Pulse)