The improbable tale of how the Houthis seized control of Yemen’s revolution.

Source: www.foreignpolicy.com

"But nearby, a young Houthi gunman from Sa’dah who said his name was Abduljalil stopped to talk to me. The Houthis controlled Sanaa, he agreed. And then, with a religiosity that belied the Houthis’ carefully maintained near-secular political identity, he told me that they would not stop there: ‘The war will be everywhere. We will go to Saudi Arabia and defeat the corrupt and the kuffar,’ he said, using the Arabic word for "unbeliever." And then, with a smile, he hitched his rifle over his shoulder and ambled off."

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