| The Zaidis are predominantly in the north and northwest whilst the Ismailis are in the main centers such as Sana'a and Ma'rib. |
| The faction known as the Zaidis chose Ali's son Zaid as the fifth Imam. |
| Zaidis are a minority in mainly Sunni Yemen but the majority in the northwest regions. |
| President Ali Abdullah Salih has regularly used Yemeni Wahhabis to defeat his domestic opponents u first the Communists, then the Zaidis, and then the Huthis. |
