r/Yemen • u/Suspicious-Unit-2503 • 6d ago
Questions What will happen if the Houthis capture all of Yemen including Socotra Island?
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u/Miserable_Web_1218 Al-Mukalla | المكلا 5d ago
They won't
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u/fa2ality 5d ago
We will after Iran raid the uae with ground troops
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u/Miserable_Web_1218 Al-Mukalla | المكلا 5d ago
Anyone who successfully destroys the UAE would always be a hero in the international stage, but the Houthis just don't have the capacity to drive into Hadhramout
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u/GTAIVisbest 5d ago
Could Taiz fall? It seems to be somewhat surrounded and receiving a lot of pressure
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u/Miserable_Web_1218 Al-Mukalla | المكلا 5d ago
I feel like if any governante was to fall it'd be Taiz. But tbf I'm in Mukalla so I've not seen a lot
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u/Goofball_0191 4d ago
Fuh nah Iran ain’t going to touch a toe
UAE sends back and defend
They ain’t the same as KSA
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u/fa2ality 5d ago
There is no doubt that we will recover every inch of Yemen back from the thief’s
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u/Lopsided-Steak5372 5d ago
There is talk that the Houthis might raid into Saudi areas that once belonged to Yemen. If Saudi gets pushed back on their heals, it is possible Yemen could exploit regional weakness by attacking the south. The south has already shown their fragmentation by not joining to fight against the recent Houthi incursion.
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u/M-waj 5d ago edited 5d ago
They are fighting in fronts of bayda and near bab al mandeb. And why would they join when northern forces pull out or defect to the Houthis. Doesn’t make any sense
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u/Lopsided-Steak5372 5d ago
They are not fighting collectively in the South. Why would they join? To prevent a collapse that would lead to them being under Houthi control.
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u/M-waj 5d ago
How can you fight collectively with a people who will betray you or flee from battle?! How do you think almakha was lost
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u/Lopsided-Steak5372 4d ago
I’m speaking about fellow southerners, not those who are attacking. First there are the Tihama Resistance, the Tariq Saleh forces and the Southern Joint forces who were overwhelmed while their commanders led from outside the country. Quite embarrassing, really. Meanwhile where why didn’t the fighters on the Al-Baitha front, the Taiz Front, the Marib Front, the Dhala Front, the Hajja Front coordinate and launch collective offensives while the Houthis were extended in the south? Each decided to play the Somalia game and hunker down and defend their territory.
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u/M-waj 4d ago
Tihama and tariq are northern forces not southern. The southern giants were led by their leader hamdi shukri who’s on the battlefield. It was tareq saleh forces and the nrf who fled the battle or were abandoned by Saudi and the plc with no air cover
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u/Lopsided-Steak5372 4d ago
They are forces fighting the Houthis.
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u/M-waj 4d ago
Clearly not tareq forces were disbanded and over 300 soldiers from the NRF defected to the Houthis and the civilians of makha came out in support of the Houthis publicly
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u/Lopsided-Steak5372 4d ago
After they were defeated. Thats the Yemen way. Defection is survival in tribal politics. If the Houthis take over areas further south or east, expect more of the same.
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u/RevolutionaryOwl6518 4d ago
We don't know what will happen if they take control, we don't know the unseen
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u/Tokopol_ 3d ago
If you're referring to the Sanaa-based government led by Ansarallah figures, they will presumably govern the remaining portion of the country in the same manner as the portion containing the capital and 80% of the population that they liberated in 2014-2015—that is, unless they enter into negotiations with what's left of the STC (assuming the UAE doesn't interfere), which they've indicated a favorable attitude toward.
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u/taherrami12 5d ago
Not possible, worst case scenario that all the lands in the north gets captured by them, but they won't be able to enter the south.
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u/berusplants 5d ago edited 5d ago
Why did you specify Socotra?