Yemen 2016 onwards: an intractable war?

[davidbfpo]

A slightly long article and the sub-title gives a clue why:

The commonly held view that the conflicts in Yemen – and elsewhere in the region – are a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia must be revised.

Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-...li-abdullah-s?

The more you read, the more Byzantine the Yemen seems. President Saleh was:

Despite also being a member of the Houthis’ Zaidi sect, he had little regard for sectarian loyalty; in the pursuit of power he allied with Sunni Salafists against Zaidi Houthis, and later with the Houthis against everyone else.