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The government has completely lost control of al-Jawf province in the center north of the country, not that it ever really had much control there in the first place. It is also a place where Huthis hang out besides Sa'ada. This is where al-Qaeda is very useful for the government as the "terrorist" organisation often helps out in the fight against Huthis.
Also clashes have broken out in Hadhramaut. You can read about Jawf and Hadhramout in English here.http://www.yementimes.com/defaultdet.aspx?SUB_ID=35827
Shaikh Sadeq has made public the revelation of assassination plots on big anti-government figures in Yemen. This is to be expected from the current regime, but coming from the Shaikh gives extra impetus as he is not known for dishonesty or trouble making.
Line-ups for gas are growing. I passed one yesterday of easily over 150 people long. Maybe Yemenis will need to get used to eating something other than rice and meat (no sarcasm there). It is an economic burden on Yemen to now import cooking gas when the country is a big gas supplier.
It's not just the gas but all consumer items are rapidly increasing in price
On the economic subject, Dr, Nasr al-Awlaki was interviewed on Al-Jazeera English and no mention of him being abu Anwar, which is good. The Dr. spoke only of politics (Ali should step down) and economics (Yemen falling into an abyss).
Despite all the problems, life in most parts of Sana'a continue as per normal.
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