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Monday, April 13, 2015

Yemen Crisis History & Present Scenario

Yemen Crisis History:(Summarized)
  • Upto 20th Century, Yemen existed as two separate countries - the Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) in the north and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) in the south.
  • In 1990, the countries chose to unify and create the Republic of Yemen.However, southerners started complaining and rose the conflict.
  • By 2011, the country was facing challenges from al Qaeda-linked militants and separatists in the south and Zaydi Shia rebels in the north.

Present scenario:
  • yemen is facing civil war with the main fight between forces loyal to the beleaguered President, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels known as Houthis.
  • Yemen is strategically important because it sits on the Bab al-Mandab strait, a narrow waterway linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden, through which much of the world's oil shipments pass.
  • Egypt and Saudi Arabia fear a Houthi takeover would threaten free passage through the strait and thus are at war against houthis along with support of jordan.morocco and sudan.