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Originally Posted by blankall
The conflict is far more complex than you are letting on. The Houthis are predominantly members of a #####e sect, that accounts for about 10% of the general population. They initially were looking to take control over their own population centres, but have since attempted to gain total control of the country.
They are heavily backed by Iran, in every sense of the word.
The Saudi coalition has a legal obligation to defend other members of the Arab league, of which Yemen is a member. They obviously don't want an Iranian puppet state on their border, and have many of their own motivations for entering and exploiting the conflict. For example, the somewhat unrelated drive to increase oil prices.
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Shia in Yemen account for almost half the population and to some degree the Houthi are fighting for all of them.