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Risk Management Report: Yemen


Risk Management Reports
Issue 979 - 18 Oct 2014 | 1 minute read

Shiite Houthi fighters took control of Sanaa on 21 September, having overrun an army brigade affiliated to the Islamist party Al- Islah. After they refused to leave, Hadi signed an agreement making them part of the government, a deal which the GCC states view with trepidation, seeing it as a way for Iran to increase its control in Yemen. The Houthis’ successes have brought them into direct confrontation with Al-Qaeda-linked groups, which have launched a number of attacks, including a suicide bombing at a hospital in Majzar, east of Sanaa, that killed at least 15 people on 28 September, and a suicide bombing at a rally in Sanaa that killed at least 47 people on 9 October. In a statement recently posted online, AQAP called on militants to strike every Houthi checkpoint, and bomb every Houthi headquarters. “Lie in wait for them, cause harm to them on the roads, tighten the ambushes for them, and do not let them feel safe,” it said.

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