Saudi Arabia exported both its Wahhabism and Al Qaeda to Yemen by funding thousands of madrassas where fanaticism is taught. Moreover, since the 1991 Gulf War, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been expelling Yemeni workers.
处置失当的不只是也门政府。也门的邻国同样难辞其咎。沙特阿拉伯出资建立了数千所圣战学校，宣扬狂热和盲从，将瓦哈比主义和基地组织一股脑输出到也门。此外， 1991 年海湾战争后，沙特和科威特就一直在驱逐也门劳工。仅上月一月，就有 54,000 名也门劳工被从沙特驱逐。