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Line 93: Houthi spokesperson Mohamed Abdel Salam stated that his group had spotted messages between UAE and Saleh three months before his death. He told [[Al-Jazeera]] that there was communication between Saleh, UAE and a number of other countries such as Russia and [[Jordan]] through encrypted messages.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://alkhaleejonline.net/articles/1512415225521026500/الحوثيون-رصدنا-رسائل-بين-صالح-وأبوظبي-قبل-3-شهور/\|title=الحوثيون: رصدنا رسائل بين صالح وأبوظبي قبل 3 شهور\|date=4 December 2017\|access-date=5 December 2017\|publisher=[[Al Khaleej (newspaper)\|Al Khaleej]]\|language=ar\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615111140/http://alkhaleejonline.net/articles/1512415225521026500/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B8%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-3-%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1/\|archive-date=15 June 2018\|url-status=live}}</ref> The alliance between Saleh and the Houthi broke down in late 2017,<ref name="AJ_H-S">{{cite news\|last1=Edroos\|first1=Faisal\|title=How did Yemen's Houthi-Saleh alliance collapse?\|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/yemen-houthi-saleh-alliance-collapse-171204070831956.html\|access-date=4 December 2017\|publisher=Al Jazeera\|date=4 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519214826/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/yemen-houthi-saleh-alliance-collapse-171204070831956.html\|archive-date=19 May 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Battle of Sana'a (2017)\|armed clashes]] occurring in Sanaa from 28 November.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/violence-escalates-sanaa-saleh-loyalists-battle-houthis/\|title=Violence escalates in Sanaa as Saleh loyalists battle Houthis\|date=2 December 2017\|access-date=2 December 2017\|author=Leith Fadel\|publisher=[[Al Masdar News]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519120403/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/violence-escalates-sanaa-saleh-loyalists-battle-houthis/\|archive-date=19 May 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 the Houthis on 4the same ~~December~~day.<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> In 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\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> but this stance was reversed a month later after [[Joe Biden]] became President.<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> ==Membership and support==

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