Yemen: Salafists move to frontlines of Hadi-Saudi strategy
Issue 1013
- 22 Apr 2016
| 3 minute read
Support for the Salafists is in contrast to continued antipathy to Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimeen (the Muslim Brotherhood or MB). Saudi Arabia renewed its listing of the MB as a terrorist organisation prior to King Salman Bin Abdelaziz’s 8 April visit to Cairo. Other regional states including the UAE – where Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed remains viscerally opposed to the Ikhwan – also lists the MB as a terrorist organisation. This directly affects the balance of alliances in Yemen, where the MB is an integral element within Sunni Islamist party Al-Islah.
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