What is the current fighting on Yemen’s border about?
Since 2004, the Yemeni government has been fighting a sporadic civil war against Zaidi Shi’a revivalists in the northern province of Saada. Over the course of the conflict, fighting has been both fierce and indiscriminate, punctuated by periods of relative calm brought about in part when government forces have exhausted munitions. The toll has been severe in Saada, including extensive damage to infrastructure and an estimated 130,000 internally displaced people.
