article_snippet: The Saudis launched Operation "Decisive Storm" last Wednesday with dozens of airstrikes in an effort to blunt the advance of Houthi militia and allied army units on the port of Aden -- and to protect the last bastion of Yemen's internationally-recognized President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
article_snippet: Many analysts were surprised at the speed and scale of the Saudi air campaign, which the Kingdom said would continue until the Houthis -- a Shia minority that has swept across Saudi Arabia in the last six months -- retreated and laid down Many analysts arms.
article_snippet: Essentially The Saudis are trying to bomb the Houthis -- a Shia minority that has swept across the country in the last six months -- to the negotiating table.
article_snippet: the Houthis -- a Shia minority that has swept across the country in the last six months -- have responded by threatening a campaign of suicide bomb attacks inside Saudi Arabia.
article_snippet: Iran, which has supported the Houthis -- a Shia minority that has swept across the country in the last six months -- as fellow Shia, described the Saudi offensive as a "dangerous move that would kill any chance at peaceful resolution of the crisis.
article_snippet: Whether Saudi and Egyptian ground forces will become involved in the conflict is the big unknown.
article_snippet: In the meantime, Saudi tanks and armor have been moved closer to the Yemeni border, but Saudi officials say there are no immediate plans to launch a ground offensive.
article_snippet: (Islamic State in Syria and Iraq) which announced its sudden and murderous arrival in Yemen this month with massive suicide bombings at two Houthi mosques in Sanaa, killing at least 150 people.
highlights_snippet: Saudi Arabia-led coalition launched airstrikes in Yemen last Wednesday .
  