“Saleh partnered with them, and he was killed in the street in 2017. Even after taking Sanaa, they didn’t become the state. They built a network of supervisors sitting over every official post. So the Saudi red line is one thing, no armed group or second army inside one state.”

Hesham Alghannam · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Alghannam noted Saleh partnered with the Houthis and was killed in 2017, and that the Saudi red line is no armed group or second army inside one state.