Sanaa, Yemen When Israel’s war on Gaza broke out on October 7, Saleh Abdullah, a 48-year-old supermarket owner in Sanaa, joined pro-Palestine mass protests, expressing his solidarity with the besieged enclave. It never crossed his mind that the Houthi armed group that controls Yemen’s capital and large parts of the country would intervene militarily. On October 19, a United States warship intercepted drones and missiles fired from Yemen as they were heading to Israel. Later, the Houthi group,
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The Houthis faced the demands of teachers to pay their salaries by imposing additional taxes on electricity and mobile phones for the so-called "Teachers' Support Fund." The Houthis aim to cover the deficit in the Fund and disburse simple incentives to teachers after the revenues were directed to finance sectarian schools. The Finance Minister in the unrecognized Houthi government imposed two Yemeni riyals on each kilowatt of consumed electricity for the Teachers' Support Fund, which is supervised by Yahya al-Houthi, the leader's brother.