| ▲ | mamonster 2 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||
>Ansar Allah (Houthis) is a terrible Islamist group IMO this is kind of bad framing because it suggests that they're the minority in Yemen, when in reality they basically are the government of 70-80% population of Yemen and absorbed 60+ percent of the Yemeni regular army. They are basically at this point the de-facto Yemeni government | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | tptacek an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
Ansar Allah isn't even close to a majority of the population of Yemen. Yemen is majority-Sunni. Ansar Allah is a militant Zaydi revivalist movement, and what they're attempting to revive is a Zaydi caste system. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | andriy_koval an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
> when in reality they basically are the government of 70-80% population of Yemen and absorbed 60+ percent of the Yemeni regular army. sure, they took this by force while killing those who disagree. Its part of Sunni vs Shia confrontation, and Yemen is majority Sunni. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | yieldcrv 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | 737min 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
Their size - gained by brutal conquest - does not increase their legitimacy, it’s an Islamist group. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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