al-Hasani
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The Houthis are Zaydi Shias and they make up 35-40% of Yemen's population. Zaydi Shia's are extremely close to Sunni Muslims especially Sunni Muslims of the Shafi'i fiqh which is the main Sunni fiqh in Yemen.
The Houthis only have a stronghold in the tiny Northwestern corner of Yemen and the mountains there so they will not succeed. This news is also very exaggerated. I have been following the news from Yemeni sources and the Yemeni army are in control now alongside the tribes. The main problem is that there are several main problems in Yemen right now.
The transition from the Ali Abdullah Saleh regime, political disputes, the North/South divide, the battle against Al-Qaede on the Arabian Peninsula and the Houthi's. Then there is the economic situation. A lot to see. But the army and central government are getting stronger and stronger and the parties are beginning to find political solutions best exemplified with the Yemeni parties agreeing with federalism which is a good thing and which does not equal separatism. Yemen is a big and quite diverse country so federalism is not a bad idea.
The Houthis only have a stronghold in the tiny Northwestern corner of Yemen and the mountains there so they will not succeed. This news is also very exaggerated. I have been following the news from Yemeni sources and the Yemeni army are in control now alongside the tribes. The main problem is that there are several main problems in Yemen right now.
The transition from the Ali Abdullah Saleh regime, political disputes, the North/South divide, the battle against Al-Qaede on the Arabian Peninsula and the Houthi's. Then there is the economic situation. A lot to see. But the army and central government are getting stronger and stronger and the parties are beginning to find political solutions best exemplified with the Yemeni parties agreeing with federalism which is a good thing and which does not equal separatism. Yemen is a big and quite diverse country so federalism is not a bad idea.
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