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The Kingdom of Yemen at this point had its eye on annexing Aden and Imam Yahya also had aspirations for a Greater Yemen, with the possible help from Italy. This created a great deal of anxiety for the British, who interpreted it as clear recognition of Imam Yahya's claim to sovereignty over Greater Yemen which included the Aden protectorate and ...
Yemen abstains from UN Security Council resolutions authorizing military action against Iraq (as a result of its invasion of Kuwait). As a result, 800,000 Yemeni workers are expelled from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. 1994: May 5: Southern Yemen attempts to secede, sparking a civil war, which is brought to an end in July when northern forces capture ...
Yemen: Houthis: Government victory. Fighting ends before Presidential election; Fourth Sa'dah War (2007) Yemen: Houthis: Government victory. Rebel leaders go into exile; Fifth Sa'dah War (2008) Yemen: Houthis: Stalemate. Yemeni government declares unilateral ceasefire; Sixth Sa'dah War (2009–2010) Yemen Saudi Arabia Jordan Morocco: Houthis ...
Yemen, [a] officially the Republic of Yemen, [b] is a country in West Asia. [12] Located in southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the southeasten part of the Arabian sea to the east, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa.
Pages in category "History of Yemen" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Fighting broke out again in February and March 1979, with South Yemen allegedly supplying aid to rebels in the north through the National Democratic Front and crossing the border. [4] Southern forces made it as far as the city of Taizz before withdrawing. [5] [6] This conflict was also short-lived. [7] The war was only stopped by an Arab League ...
The first president of the Yemen Arab Republic, Abdullah al-Sallal, was overthrown even before the civil war ended, in 1967, and was succeeded by Abdul Rahman al-Eryani, the first and last civilian leader in northern Yemen. [13] He opposed the Yemeni monarchy, but made moves to reconcile with royalists at the end of the civil war. In 1970, he ...
The geography and ruling Imams of North Yemen kept the country isolated from foreign influence before 1962. [1] During the 1920s, the government of Yemen forged relations with the Italian government under Mussolini, which led to the Italo-Yemeni Treaty on September 2, 1926. [2]