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On 21 September 2014, an agreement was signed in [[Sana'a]] under [[United Nations|UN]] patronage essentially giving the Houthis [[Houthi takeover in Yemen|control of the government]] after a decade of conflict.<ref>{{cite news|title=Houthis secure six ministerial portfolios in new Yemeni cabinet|url=http://www.aawsat.net/2014/10/article55337905|date=26 October 2014|access-date=24 April 2021|newspaper=ASharq Al-Awsat|author=Hamdan Al-Rahbi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029134357/http://www.aawsat.net/2014/10/article55337905|archive-date=29 October 2014}}</ref> Tribal militias then moved swiftly to consolidate their [[Battle of Sana'a (2014)|position]] in the capital, with the group officially declaring direct control over the state on 6 February 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/yemens-shia-rebels-finalize-coup-vow-to-dissolve-parliament/article22829401/|agency=The Globe and Mail|title=Yemen's Shia rebels finalize coup, vow to dissolve parliament|date=6 February 2015|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref> This outcome followed the [[Yemeni Revolution|removal]] of Yemen's President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] in 2012 in the wake of protracted [[Arab Spring]] protests. Saudi Arabia has exercised the predominant external influence in Yemen since the withdrawal of [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser's]] Egyptian expeditionary force marking the end of the bitter [[North Yemen Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/21/sanaa-violence-end-yemen-shia-houthi-agreement|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922193208/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/21/sanaa-violence-end-yemen-shia-houthi-agreement|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2014|title=Yemeni government reaches agreement with Shia Houthi rebels|work=The Guardian |date=21 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/21636|agency=Al-Akhbar|title=Yemen: Saudi Arabia recognizes new balance of power in Sanaa as Houthis topple Muslim Brothers|first=Ahmed|last=al-Zarqa|date=22 September 2014|access-date=8 February 2015}}</ref>
There is a wide array of domestic opponents to Houthi rule in Yemen, ranging from the conservative Sunni [[Al-Islah (Yemen)|Islah Party]] to the secular socialist [[Southern Movement]] to the [[
==Imams of Zaidis==
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