ABSTRACT
Hundreds of thousands were removed from or fled their homes and hundreds were killed, most of them non-combatants. The Saudis joined in the carnage because the Huthis have had a particularly troubled history with Saudi Arabia, dating from the participation of Saudis in the national unification process of the 1990s that ended the 1,000-year rule of the religious group the Huthis belong to—the Zaydis. Today, Saudi Arabia is again attacking Yemen, with able assistance from the United States. More than 10,000 people have been killed since the bombing campaign began two years ago and The New York Times has reported that the Trump administration has approved the resumption of sales of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia. The Bakil Federation joined together with the Hashids during the Byzantine period and gave their allegiance to the Himyarite Kingdom that had overcome the Kingdom of Saba in the second century bce.
