Whoever was pleased to hear of the Houthi drone and missile attack which hit Abu Dhabi on 17 January – perhaps because of the UAE’s role in the manufacture of counterrevolutionary movements across the region or due to its alliance with the State of Israel – are overlooking the fact that Iran is also a major counterrevolutionary player, and that the Houthis have destroyed the Yemenis’ dreams of building a new unified, pluralistic and democratic country. Worse, they have regressed Yemen back to an oppressive, dynastic rule of the imamate, and opened up sectarian, factional and regional fissures…

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