Ali Saleh has been in power for over 30 years yet nothing has been provided to bring this part(Saada) into modernty.The Houthy movment,which was originally sponsoured,financed and milaterily trained by Saleh’s regiem,was established as a Zaidi force to counterbalance the spread of the Wahabi sect into Yemeni tribes.By the end of the Yemeni civil war in 1994 and the defeat of the Southern cessanists, Saleh began to notice the rapid growth of the Wahabi Saudi Sect and the threat it will represent for his regiem in the future.And since Saada was historcally recognized as the seat of Zaidyism in Yemen beside being at the southern boarder of Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom,nothing could have been be more appropriate for Saleh to initiate his scheme than to start contacts with the Houthies,the most zealous defenders of the Zaidy sect.The help rendered by the Houthies and Alqaida to Ali Saleh in his fight against his Southern adversaries,managed to improve his grip over the unified Yemen.As a gesture of his appreciation,some of the Houthy family members were nominated by Saleh, to the Parlement.It was there where frictions began with Saleh’s corrupted policies forcing the Houthies to align with the opposition parties against his irresponsible behavour in running the country.Being the best organized force opposing his policies,Saleh began his first war against the Houthies in 2004 with the aim of appeasing Saudi Arabia which began to be irritated by the growth of the movment.To make the war more sellable to the Saudis,he accused the movment of being an Iranian surrogte,a fact that most Saudis fear and willing to go all the way in their support of Saleh’s fight against this movment.Now,Saleh is fighting his sixth war against the houthies,hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are victims of this needless war and with billions of Saudi dollars in Saleh’s coffer,it appeares that nothing is going to convince him to stop this war except his forceful departure.