During their campaigns against Hadi government, Houthis used civil disobedience. Following the Yemeni government's decision on 13 July 2014 to increase fuel prices, Houthi leaders succeeded in organising massive rallies in the capital Sanaa to protest the decision and to demand resignation of the incumbent government of [[Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi]] for "state-corruption". <ref>{{cnCite news|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|title=Tens of thousands of Yemeni Houthis protest against fuel reform, government|date=November18 2020August 2014|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yemen-protests/tens-of-thousands-of-yemeni-houthis-protest-against-fuel-reform-government-idUSL5N0QO2CN20140818}}</ref> These protests developed into the 2014–2015 phase of the insurgency. Similarly, following [[2015 military intervention in Yemen|2015 Saudi-led airstrikes]] against Houthis which claimed civilians lives, Yemenis responded to the [[Abdul-Malik al-Houthi]]'s call and took to streets of the capital, Sanaa, in tens of thousands to voice their anger at the Saudi invasion.<ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=[[Al Jazeera]]|title=Coalition jets continue to hit Houthi targets in Yemen|date=27 March 2015|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/coalition-jets-continue-hit-houthi-targets-yemen-150327022702372.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134533/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/coalition-jets-continue-hit-houthi-targets-yemen-150327022702372.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
