Start Of Another Yemeni Civil War

Bombs, bombs go away, come again when I have fled.

As the Yemeni goverments fall to Houthis "rebels", Saudi Arabia has led a coalition airstrike to neutralize the Houthis. The Saudis has also formed a coalition of many other gulf nations, Oman is the only one to have declared neutrality in this conflict.

The neutrality
One of the reason that Oman is neutral is because they are neither Shia or Sunni muslims, they are Ibadi muslims, and having a country that borders conflict ridden Yemen and Iran is not a good idea if Oman wants to continue with their neutrality. Just think of this, Oman is the Swiss of the middle east, you barely hear them when your read the news. Despite this, Oman maintains good diplomatic relations between the west, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The airstrike
When the Yemeni government in Sanaa falls to the Houthis, this sparked a reaction from Saudi Arabia where they are a Sunni majority (Houthis are Shia). They then began to the strike Houthis stronghold, but according to a report by The Guardians, the airstrike has also had its toll on civilian.

There has also been multiple speculations that the Houthis are backed by Iran, a country where Shia muslim is the majority. Despite having diplomatic relations to Saudi Arabia, their relations are not so good and Irans relations with the United States has been bitter since the 1979 revolution

The start of a bitter civil war
As the national government of Yemen loses hold of its territory and the expansions of AQAP, Houthis and potentially ISIS allies, the future of the country is at stake. There has also been a movement to seperate South Yemen against the rest of Yemen. During the cold war, Yemen was a divided state much like Germany.

The situation is so bad, that the Chinese has evacuated their and foreign citizens from Yemen to Djibuti with their naval ships.