Greed, Brutality, and an Unraveling Coup in Yemen

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>A nervous tension descended over the meeting room in the main presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, one Sunday last September.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4000015258789px;">At first, the&nbsp;local press pack was energized by news of a peace deal between a Shia rebel&nbsp;group known as the Houthis and the Yemeni&nbsp;government after several days of heavy fighting in the capital. Reporters&nbsp;rushed to their feet, cameras at the ready each time a new face entered the room. Their excitement peaked when, after a five-hour wait, the Houthi delegation arrived through a set of double doors.</span></p><p>But they had not come to sign the deal. They were simply lost.</p>
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