article_snippet: For as September ended, Shi'ite Houthi rebels from the north moved south and took the capital city, Sanaa.
article_snippet: By January, the Islamic State was noticeably increasing the Islamic State recruitment in Yemen, and that same month the Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for organizing the deadly Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.
article_snippet: Last week, the Islamic State bombed two Shi'ite mosques in Yemen, killing more than 130 worshippers at prayer.  
article_snippet: Last week, Shi'ite Houthi rebels from the north are closing in on Yemen's second major city,  
article_snippet: Aden, on the south coast, and the U.S.-supported President, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, has reportedly fled Yemen.
article_snippet: As the United States has closed the United States embassy and withdrawn the United States last troops, Yemen has slid into total chaos, with rebels and jihadists on both sides capturing military bases and seizing tanks and heavy weapons.
article_snippet: The situation is so dire that a coalition of Sunni nations, led by Saudi Arabia, has launched massive airstrikes against the Houthis, with a Saudi adviser threatening to bring up to 150,000 ground troops into Yemen to restore the Hadi regime.