Are Yemeni rebels imploding? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bruce Riedel

Bruce Riedel

Sep 2, 2017

Houthi fighters ride on the back of trucks as they parade in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen, before heading to the capital, Sanaa, Aug. 23, 2017. — REUTERS/Naif Rahma

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People look through the wreckage of the headquarters of Yemen's Islamist Islah party in the northwestern city of Amran July 14, 2014. According to local media, the five-story building was bombed by Shi'ite Muslim tribesmen known as Houthis during recent fighting against army forces in Amran, and there were no casualties. Yemen's president on Sunday demanded the withdrawal of Shi'ite Muslim tribesmen from the provincial city of Amran captured on July 8, in a stand-off that threatens to intensify turmoil in t

Fall of Amran sends shock waves across Yemen

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

An elderly woman leaves a charity food assistance center after receiving her ration in Yemen's capital Sanaa July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RTX1INNM

The world fails Yemen

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Women hold a banner as they take part in a protest marking the International Women's Day outside the United Nations offices in Sanaa, Yemen March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RTS11XSB

Yemen war turns two

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A Houthi fighter mans a checkpoint on a road leading to the U.S embassy in Sanaa January 21, 2015. Yemen's minority Shi'ite Houthi fighters took up guard at President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's home on Wednesday but said they had not toppled him, after two days of fighting which left little doubt that the enfeebled leader was now at their mercy. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR4MBMY

Yemen falls apart

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