(Sana'a) The current war in Yemen has its roots in the Arab spring when protests brought down Yemini dictator President Ali Abdullah Saleh who had ruled the county for 39 years. Initially he had agreed to peacefully step aside and the deputy President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi stood in until elections were held where as the only candidate standing he won the majority vote in feb 2012.
However Saleh, instead of buggering off to live the life of riley with the $60 Billion he had pilfered felt that he was the rightful heir to Yemen and so he sided with the Shia Houthis rebels who supported by the Shia Iranians took over virtually the western half of the country. Alarmed by how Tehran was setting up shop next door to them, Saudi Arabia in 2015 led an invasion of the country in which to kick the mad Mullahs and their cronies out and there is where things stood until this week.
As is the case of Muslims everywhere, you simply cannot trust them, which is why Saleh was killed this week by his Houthis partners in crime, which has been followed up by his forces (troops and tribes loyal to him) been wiped off the map also. At a stroke, the rebels have reduced their numbers. The Saudi supported Hadi government are cashing in, on this split by giving an amnesty to any member of the General People’s Congress party (GPC) who are fleeing the Houthi
crackdown. The now-isolated al Houthi movement will seek more support
from Tehran, which it will naturally provide. The instability generated by Saleh’s death
will reverberate beyond northern Yemen, allowing al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula an opportunity to expand. Expect the map of Yeman to change over the next few months.
