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Saleh declared the split in a televised statement on 2 December, calling on his supporters to take back the country<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X11lC8BDI44&lc=z22ojlzyepngupa04acdp433zvtxdtdhhktlzvwbsr1w03c010c.1512423183560266 Yemen: Conflict intensifies between former rebel allies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225223944/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X11lC8BDI44&lc=z22ojlzyepngupa04acdp433zvtxdtdhhktlzvwbsr1w03c010c.1512423183560266 |date=25 December 2019 }}, 0:24, [[Al Jazeera English]] (3 December 2017)</ref> and expressed openness to a dialogue with the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|Saudi-led coalition]].<ref name="AJ_H-S"/> On 4 December 2017, Saleh's house in Sanaa was assaulted by fighters of the Houthi movement, according to residents.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yemen's Houthis blow up ex-president Saleh's house|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-yemen-security-house/yemens-houthis-blow-up-ex-president-salehs-house-idUKKBN1DY15Y|access-date=4 December 2017|work=Reuters|date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125000314/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-yemen-security-house/yemens-houthis-blow-up-ex-president-salehs-house-idUKKBN1DY15Y|archive-date=25 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Saleh was killed by Houthis on 4 December.<ref name="CNNobit">{{cite news|title=Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh killed trying to flee Sanaa|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/04/middleeast/yemen-former-president-ali-abdullah-saleh-killed-intl/index.html|access-date=4 December 2017|publisher=CNN|date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211225323/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/04/middleeast/yemen-former-president-ali-abdullah-saleh-killed-intl/index.html|archive-date=11 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reutersobit">{{cite news|title=Yemen's ex-president Saleh shot dead after switching sides in civil war|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security/yemens-ex-president-saleh-shot-dead-after-switching-sides-in-civil-war-idUSKBN1DY12V|access-date=4 December 2017|work=Reuters|date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171345/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security/yemens-ex-president-saleh-shot-dead-after-switching-sides-in-civil-war-idUSKBN1DY12V|archive-date=4 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On 11In January 2021, the United States designated the Houthis a terrorist organization, creating fears of an aid shortage in Yemen,<ref name="us des">{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/11/us-designation-of-yemen-houthis-as-terrorists-will-worsen-humanitarian-crisis|title= ‘Diplomatic vandalism’: aid groups’ fury as US puts Houthis on terror list|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> but this stance was reversed less than a month later.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Nick Schifrin |author2=Ali Rogin |title=In foreign policy shift, Biden lifts terrorist designation for Houthis in Yemen |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/in-foreign-policy-shift-biden-lifts-terrorist-designation-for-houthis-in-yemen |publisher=PBS |access-date=12 April 2021 |date=16 February 2021}}</ref>
 
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