Sure, there's the secessionist Southern Movement supported by UAE, there's the Hadi government backed by the saudis, sometimes AQAP or its offshoots holds terri

Sure, there's the secessionist Southern Movement supported by UAE, there's the Hadi government backed by the saudis, sometimes AQAP or its offshoots holds territory. You don't explain why Ansar Allah officials consistently claim they aren't a movement aiming for an imamate, why? The Saleh government used to say the Ansar Allah aimed for an imamate, but now Saleh and Islah are mostly allied with them. Did Saleh change his mind and now wants the imamate revival? Has the Islah party converted to zaydism? There are quite a few americans in the Red Sea and probably the Gulf of Aden too. They see a lot of drones and other projectiles coming their way. The Ansar Allah has also fought, rather efficiently, Janjaweed soldiers employed by their neighbours. They also attack Israel, mainly what's currently known as Eilat and Tel Aviv. Yes, it's a repressive movement but it's pretty clear they at times militarily engage distinctly foreign troops. Since they have sunni allies they clearly aren't fanatically sectarian either. It's likely they learned a lot from Hezbollah, which typically has allied with the christian fringe in Lebanon. I find it very hard to explain the decisions and policies of the Ansar Allah without seeing them through an anticolonial and antiimperialist lens. "Death to America" isn't a specifically khomeinist slogan, though Khomeini did a lot to popularise it. The Ansar Allah expands on it, and for a mainly sunni hating movement it's surprising it doesn't mention sunnis, wouldn't you say? Could you share a facsimile of such a pledge or similar source? I find Isa Blumi's account quite well written: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/destroying-yemen/paper https://www.ucpress.edu/books/destroying-yemen/paper