The ongoing civil war in Yemen could possibly take a turn of events leading into a religious war in which Iran could possibly turn against Saudi Arabia and the Arab coalition.
Intervention from external armies into the war in Yemen which recently saw the birth of the “Decisive Storm” has partly weakened the Houthi militia in Yemen and probably leading to the uprise of other militant groups.
Saudi’s intervention into the war in Yemen could only stop once the Houthis are weakened beyond any battling capabilities, as stated by the Arab leaders.
To be noted, the Houthis in Yemen receive support from the Shiite Muslims in Iran. Iran is well populated with the Shiite Muslims, a denomination of Islam though with different doctrines.
In as much as the different war sides are all Muslims, the Houthis who are hungry for power to rule in Yemen have promised to attack Saudia Arabia through suicide bombing with support from Iran.
Iran has however condemned the airstrikes conducted by the Saudi offensive in Yemen killing both militants and the civilians. They add that the airstrikes could also possibly kill chances of a peaceful resolution of the ongoing crisis.
Analysts however say that the ongoing war in Yemen could have been as a result of hunger for regional superiority between Saudi Arabia and Iran. This war began when the Shah were overthrown in 1979, during Iran’s Islamic Revolution.
The war in Yemen has quite a long history. About five years ago, the Houthis in Yemen who were fighting the then President Ali Abdullah Saleh did not seem to lose the battle against Saudis intervention who were also using airstrikes by then.
In their win, they managed to gather more weapons which they are currently using in the war. They have proved to be more skilled that what meets the military’s eye after taking over Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, sometime last year.
The Houthi’s invasion into Sana’a could have possibly given the militants more hope in gaining control of Yemen.
Since then they have moved on the Red Sea port of Hodeida and surged south toward Aden where they recently made the current president flee away from his refuge after they attacked.
They have also grafted themselves onto parts of the army in the battle against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) that is now raging in central and southern Yemen.
In as much as the Houthi’s keep denying the fact they they do receive support from Iran, as the airstrikes continue and more external forces continue to trickle into Yemen, they might eventually officially turn to Iran to furnish them with the kind of advice that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are providing in Iraq.
Previously, the co-existence between the Sunni and the Shia was not as hostile as it is currently since there was a strong government in control. However, the ongoing wars are seen to have strengthened other militia groups which are seen to thrive in Yemen.
The ISIS, for instance recently massively blasted two mosques in Yemen killing a number of worshipers, including the Imam.
Terror analysts are now wondering whether the ongoing wars will lead to the complete breakdown of Yemen as ISIS and the AQAP might fight to rule the country, against the Houthis, which would be an automatic fall of Yemen.
