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The whole mess escalated from fuel price rises, with the help of the former president who had been ousted by the Arab Spring revolt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by azernik 7y ago
The whole mess escalated from fuel price rises, with the help of the former president who had been ousted by the Arab Spring revolt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_takeover_in_Yemen
ISIS and al-Qaeda were not involved in any of the maneuvering around Sana'a, and the Saudi intervention kicked off when they realized that a) Hadi still had a power base in the south, and b) the Houthis were about to capture it
- boomboomsubban 7y ago>ISIS and al-Qaeda were not involved in any of the maneuvering around Sana'a, While true, in many countries a group like Al-Islah would probably be described in the Western media as "linked to ISIS" or something similar. They're part of the Muslim Brotherhood also regularly maligned in the West.
- azernik 7y agoOnly by Western media that doesn't know what it's talking about.
- boomboomsubban 7y agoOr media that views their connection to the Saudi spread of Wahhabism as similar to ISIS'.