Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

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“There is no government military strategy. These government offensives are usually an attempt to increase activity on a front line, alleviate popular discontent, or get more funding. No decision has been taken to push for victory, that is very clear. Instead, most offensives are merely aimed at presenting an image to the media, and lifting the morale of the troops. The government would need to completely change its leadership in order to change its military performance. The leadership, led by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, was part of Saleh's [Ali Abdullah Saleh] corrupt system. He is a man who was the silent vice president between 1994 and 2011, and is used to doing nothing. The Houthis do not need to control the whole country to win, just the areas they currently control, where most of the Yemeni population live. Can they do more? Possibly. But a total victory would be difficult, and the country would prove impossible to govern.”

Aljazeera

Yemeni researcher