The US State Department designated Yemen's Houthi movement - the most effective force in fighting al-Qaeda - as a "terrorist" organization. Meanwhile Washington and Saudi Arabia have supported al-Qaeda.
By Ben NORTON
The United States government has designated the enemy of al-Qaeda in Yemen as a terrorist organization, after spending years backing al-Qaeda in the country.
Like the US-led wars on Syria, Libya, former Yugoslavia, and 1980s Afghanistan, Yemen represents an example of an armed conflict where Washington has supported al-Qaeda and similar Salafi-jihadist extremists in order to foment regime change and extend its hegemony.