CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown quoted: "'They are generally more war-like, violent and cruel,' says Edmund Fitton-Brown, who was UK ambassador to Yemen from 2015-17.
'I encountered astonishing instances of brutality in Aden and Taiz. The Houthis consider themselves an elite from an elite (the Zaidi sect). Some of their casual viciousness towards Sunni civilians in central and southern Yemen has been remarkable: a readiness to deploy snipers and kill non-combatants for fun.'"