article_snippet: The Iranian-backed Houthi militia -- a Shia sect -- is now in power (at least in the capital, Sanaa).
article_snippet: The Houthis are, ostensibly, hostile to the United States, and Washington would rather see President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi back in charge.
article_snippet: But the Houthis and Yemeni troops are battling al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which the U.S. regards as one of al Qaeda most dangerous affiliates.
article_snippet: Even so, the same risk as in Iraq applies: Sunni tribes in Yemen may side with AQAP as the lesser of two evils, effectively partitioning Yemen.
article_snippet: The person who runs Yemen is not Bashar al-Assad but Qasem Soleimani.