Maysa Shuja al-Din, senior researcher at the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies: The Houthis cannot control all of Yemen. They are a sectarian group in a heavily armed society - and their ideology is rejected by a large part of Yemenis. They failed to build socio-political alliances and lost alliances in the past. The tribal alliances in the north were eroded. Even if the Houthis expanded militarily, this cannot last. They never talk about sharing power with other Yemenis. Full interview

Maysa Shuja al-Din, senior researcher at the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies: The Houthis cannot control all of Yemen. They are a sectarian group in a heavily armed society - and their ideology is rejected by a large part of Yemenis. They failed to build socio-political alliances and lost alliances in the past. The tribal alliances in the north were eroded. Even if the Houthis expanded militarily, this cannot last. They never talk about sharing power with other Yemenis. Full interview