Yemen is the ground zero where the forces of Islam's two great traditions -- Sunnism and Shi'ism -- collide over the hegemony of the Middle East. It also happens that whoever controls Yemen, controls shipping through the Red Sea.
UPDATE:
#BREAKING: Houthis take over US-trained special forces base in Sanaa, #Yemen.
http://t.co/GBEly3E77O
— Conflict News (@rConflictNews) February 25, 2015