REUTERS/Khaled AbdullahThe 11-month-long chaotic civil war in Yemen has reached a decisive moment. The Saudi-led coalition and Yemeni government forces are now about 30 miles from the capital, Sana’a. The city was captured in September 2014 by a coalition of Shiite Houthi rebels and elite military units loyal to the country’s former dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh. The battle to retake Sana’a is expected to be as long and bloody as the 10-month ongoing battle to control the country’s third largest city in the southwest, Taiz.
But the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen has resulted in a slippery slope that is now threatening …read more
Source: Business Insider
