♤ Yemen’s most recent conflict began in early 2015, when Houthi rebels, from the country’s

northern highlands, overran Sana’a and a Saudi-led coalition began bombing them.

♤ Coalition ground troops landed in Aden in August 2015 and helped drive the Houthis and their allies out of much of the south over the next few months.

♤ The Houthi movement takes its name from the Houthi family, whose home province, Saada, in the north of Yemen, has always enjoyed a degree of autonomy. They are Zaydi Shias.

♤ The Houthis allied with a former President Saleh and co-opted tribal networks in an effort to solidify and expand their power. They have received the Support of Iran.