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Shia Islam in Yemen is practiced by a substantial minority of the population, [1] with the vast majority of Shia Muslims in Yemen being Zaydi, while a minority are Twelver and Isma'ili. [2] Sunni Muslims make up 65% percent of Yemen, while 35% of the country are Shia Muslims. These Shia Muslims are predominantly concentrated in the northwestern ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Ongoing civil war in the state of Yemen For other uses, see Yemeni civil war. Yemeni civil war Part of the Yemeni crisis, the Arab Winter, the war on terror, and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Political and military control in Yemen in February 2024: Republic of Yemen (recognized ...
Shia–Sunni conflict in Yemen involves the Houthi insurgency in northern Yemen. [5] Both Shia and Sunni dissidents in Yemen have similar complaints about the government—cooperation with the American government and an alleged failure to following Sharia law [216] —but it's the Shia who have allegedly been singled out for government crackdown.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Houthis الحوثيون The Sarkha, translated as' God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse be upon the Jews, Victory to Islam,' is the main political slogan of the Houthi movement. Also known as Ansar Allah Leaders Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (since 2004) Hussein al-Houthi ...
However, when the Islamic State – Yemen Province was established in 2015, AQAP remained with al-Qaeda, and some AQAP members defected to ISYP. This brought the al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict to Yemen. [42] [43] These two groups continued to clash throughout the Yemeni civil war. [44] The Islamic State–Taliban conflict started in early ...
Yemen had intensified operations against al-Qaeda in late 2009, when a Yemen-based wing of the group claimed to be behind the failed 25 December 2009 attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner, itself a retaliation against an attack against a training camp in Abyan on 17 December, resulting in the deaths of multiple civilians. [128]
The Houthi insurgency, [41] [42] also known as the Houthi rebellion, the Sa'dah Wars, or the Sa'dah conflict, was a military rebellion pitting Zaidi Shia Houthis (though the movement also includes Sunnis [43]) against the Yemeni military that began in Northern Yemen and has since escalated into a full-scale civil war.
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