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January 2010 | Risk Summary

Yemen's Shi'a rebel commander Abdul-Malik al-Houthi has announced that the group will withdraw its troops from Saudi territory to avoid any further bloodshed. However, he added the caveat that if Saudi Arabia did not end its fighting in return, the rebels would declare an 'open war' against the state. How capable it is of such an onslaught is doubtful. Saudi Arabia has claimed victory in its conflict with Yemeni Houthi rebels after the army allegedly expelled the last infiltrators from Saudi territory (although the latter might argue that this was not the only objective of the Saudi campaign). However, the

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