article_snippet: Many nations in Arab League are now participating in the armed effort against the Houthis and presumably to return President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to Yemen as Yemen leader.
article_snippet: President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi has also ordered the closure of all Houthi-controlled media -- including Yemen TV and Saba TV.
article_snippet: The nations stepping into Yemen's civil war are predominantly Sunni Muslim, and The nations are working to rescue a government that has strong Sunni support.
article_snippet: the Houthis are allied with majority Shiite Iran.
article_snippet: Saudi Arabia, the largest contingent in the intervention dubbed al-Hazm Storm, considers the Houthis to be proxies for the Shiite government of Iran and fear another Shiite-dominated state in the region.
article_snippet: The kingdom says Hadi, who is out of Yemen, pleaded for military intervention in a letter.
article_snippet: I ask you, based on the principle of self-defense in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, and on the basis of the Charter of the Arab League and the treaty of joint Arab defense, to provide instant support by all necessary means, including military intervention to protect Yemen and Yemen people from continuous Houthi aggression," read the letter, which was posted by Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry.
article_snippet: Saudi Arabia has blockaded the Houthis, effectively cutting off Saudi Arabia and Egypt supply lines.
article_snippet: By Thursday afternoon, the Saudis controlled Yemeni airspace, a Saudi adviser said, and its military threatened to destroy any naval ships trying to enter Yemeni ports.
article_snippet: Supreme leader Al Houthi spoke live Thursday night in Yemen on al-Masirah TV, saying, "If any army tries to invade Yemen, our will prove that Yemen will be a grave for those who invade our.
article_snippet: Marzieh Afkham, a spokeswoman for Yemen's Foreign Ministry, said the operation will throw an already complicated situation into further turmoil and disrupt chances at a peaceful resolution to Yemen's months-long internal strife.
article_snippet: the operation also won't help a region already facing terrorist threats from groups like ISIS and al Qaeda, Marzieh Afkham, a spokeswoman for the country's Foreign Ministry said.
article_snippet: At least one major player in Yemen besides the Houthis -- the General People's Congress, which is the party of longtime leader Ali Abdullah Saleh -- thinks the Saudis and Saudis partners should stay out.
article_snippet: Why Yemen has come undone .