Greed, Brutality, and an Unraveling Coup in Yemen

By Peter Salisbury, 25 February 2015
Houthi Shiite Yemeni chant slogans during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, 19 January 2015 (photo credit: AP)
Houthi Shiite Yemeni chant slogans during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, 19 January 2015 (photo credit: AP)
<p>&nbsp;</p><p>A nervous tension descended over the meeting room in the main presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, one Sunday last September.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4000015258789px;">At first, the&nbsp;local press pack was energized by news of a peace deal between a Shia rebel&nbsp;group known as the Houthis and the Yemeni&nbsp;government after several days of heavy fighting in the capital. Reporters&nbsp;rushed to their feet, cameras at the ready each time a new face entered the room. Their excitement peaked when, after a five-hour wait, the Houthi delegation arrived through a set of double doors.</span></p><p>But they had not come to sign the deal. They were simply lost.</p>
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