Saudi-led Yemen coalition asks Pakistan to fight Houthis

The Houthis have been backed by security forces loyal to Yemen’s ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose loyalists control elite forces and large combat units in the country’s military. Yemen-based Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, considered among the most active and dangerous branch of global militant organization, has benefited from the crisis. The chaos also has disrupted a U.S.-led drone strike program targeting suspected militants there.