The analysis of the transition period in Chapter Four is continued in this chapter. Examined is the mishandling of the transition process that enabled Ansar Allah, working with Saleh, to rise to political and military dominance in Yemen. The key element of the GCCI Agreement, a National Dialogue Conference, contained serious flaws. By the time the Conference closed in January 2014, no substantially progressive way forward for the country had been established leaving many civic and political groups acutely concerned. Yet the international community declared the NDC to be a ‘model’ for other Arab countries experiencing populist revolt. Soon after, Hadi unilaterally assumed control over the highly contentious drafting of the new federal map of Yemen, and, in attempting to minimize the political and economic power potentially destined for Ansar Allah and Hirak, manipulated due process; he was blocked by Ansar Allah and arrested. Ansar Allah and military factions loyal to Saleh that meanwhile had defeated the capital of Amran governorate in the north and Islah’s military forces then took over Sana’a in September 2014. The coup d’état involved seizure of state institutions in the capital and led to the establishment of a ruling regime with Ansar Allah in the dominant position. When the Ansar Allah-Saleh military alliance unsuccessfully attempted to occupy Aden, the country descended into civil war.