Can Yemen Be Saved?
It would be a mistake to dismiss the recent overthrow of Yemen's government by the Shia Houthi rebel movement as yet another slip on the country's long climb toward stability. Unless its international allies throw it a lifeline, the country risks sinking into a sea of disorder that could imperil the entire region.
SANA'A – Yemen is no stranger to crisis. Exposed to a regional proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, plagued by an entrenched Al Qaeda affiliate, and divided by tribal disputes and a secession movement, the country has become a poster child for everything that can go wrong in the Arab world.