Field indicators on the ground, the state of escalating tension and ongoing military preparations of the political regime and the popular revolution in Yemen illustrate that the situation is actually approaching the brink of war, and the prospects of a total confrontation accelerate more than ever. What really inhibits its eruption is a thin thread of hope for the possibility of reaching a settlement that will spare the country the woes of annihilation and the tireless efforts of international and regional powers that are keen to prevent susceptibility of the option of war.
It is clear that developments of the conflict between the revolution and the Yemeni political regime oscillate along two courses: either an agreement to bring about peaceful change that realizes the revolution's aspirations and simultaneously maintains the minimum interests of the political regime and the ruling elite, or the fall into total war which will not be in any case, in favor of the political regime, since war prospects will lead either to the victory of the revolution or endless violence and chaos in the country.