Prophecy................army of the faithful.........hmmmm.........and yes........MECCA and Medina would be the goal later.Why is Yemen important to Iran.............theology..........I asked that..........a while back.Back in the day they had the maps of the proposed pipe lines through Syria..........just as you said........and in regard to ISIS during the War......they were selling oil to Turkey......In Northern Iraq........Iraq and the Kurds are arguing over the oil fields there as well.
Oil has been an issue in Yemen since the 1950s and has galvanized a civil war since that time
VERY IMPORTANT------Yemen is a stepping stone to
SAUDI ARABIA-----more importantly (MUCH) ----to
MECCA---------he who holds mecca holds the entire
UMMAH BY THE --------uhm -----"rocks" (aka balls)
Mecca and Medina ARE NOW----the goal. In fact----Mecca
was the goal of OSAMA and is----of Isis (keep in mind----them
is sunnis------there is an element of desperation in QOM)
It'll never get that far.