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The Yemeni crisis began with the 2011–2012 revolution against President Abdullah Saleh, who had led Yemen for 33 years. [1] [2] After Saleh left office in early 2012 as part of a mediated agreement between the Yemeni government and opposition groups, the government led by Saleh's former vice president, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, struggled to unite the fractious political landscape of the country ...
Blockade of Yemen; Famine in Yemen (2016–present) Federalization of Yemen; Foreign involvement in the Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Hadramaut insurgency; Houthi insurgency; Houthi movement; Human rights violations during the Yemeni civil war (2014–present) International reactions to the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen (2015 ...
On 15 February 2015, South Yemen separatists abducted 12 military officer in the area of Al-Habelin, Lahj. [48] On 16 February 2015, popular committees rebels raided the city of Zunjubar, Abyan governorate, expelling the local garrison of Special Security Forces. Government troops surrendered without offering any resistance. [49]
On 8 April 2011, the Civil Coalition of Youth Revolution (CCYR), a Yemen-based civil movement which includes 52 alliances of revolutionary youth activists around Yemen representing more than 10,000 members, released its Statute Draft including its "vision, revolution objectives, principles, duties, mechanisms and goals of the interim phase".
The Battle of Sanaa was a battle during the 2011 Yemeni uprising between forces loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposition tribal forces led by Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar for control of the Yemeni capital Sanaa and, on the part of the opposition, to oust President Saleh.
Media and analysts described the fighting in Dammaj as a sectarian conflict that may have worsened Sunni-Shia relations in Yemen. [16] Other observers believe that the Dammaj siege was representative of a regional contest between Saudi Arabia, who traditionally supported the Salafis, and Iran who backed the Houthi movement. [17]
The following is a timeline of the 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution from 3 June through 22 September 2011.The Yemeni revolution was a series of major protests, political tensions, and armed clashes taking place in Yemen, which began in January 2011 and were influenced by concurrent protests in the region.
The following is a timeline of the 2011–2012 Yemeni revolution from 23 September through December 2011.The Yemeni revolution was a series of major protests, political tensions, and armed clashes taking place in Yemen, which began in January 2011 and were influenced by concurrent protests in the region.