... Sheila Carapico Yemen war Saudi Arabia Gulf Cooperation Council Sunni Shia Houthis al-Qaeda Zaydi Arab Spring King Salman Muhammad bin PERSPECTIVE Arabia Infelix: The War Devouring Yemen SHEILA CARAPICO SHEILA CARAPICO is a professor of political science and inter- national studies...

... character that made it special. SAUDI INTERVENTION II: YEMEN In Yemen, an offensive by the Houthi rebel group which belongs to the Zaidi sect, a branch of Shia Islam culminated in the capture of the capital, Sanaa, in October 2014, driving President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi from the country. With assistance...

... Yemen Houthis Shiites Zaydism Ali Abdullah Saleh Believing Youth Badr al-Din al-Houthi Iran Saudi Arabia 395 The Yemeni government . . . is attempting to assert direct control over an area that so far it has only been able to manage through a delicate balance of patronage networks...