By the time the current conflict began, the Houthis had become allies with President Saleh. Saleh also had many loyalists in the Yemeni army and large sections of this army therefore fought either for the Houthis or remained neutral in the first phase of the conflict. But in December 2017, when Saleh tried to switch […]

The civil war in Yemen is called the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. The situation is both deadlocked and complex and bears the mark of being the scene of a power struggle between powerful states in the Middle East. Why is there a civil war in Yemen? How has this affected the population? Which parties are […]