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The population of Yemen was about 33 million according to 2021 estimates, [4] [5] with 46% of the population being under 15 years old and 2.7% above 65 years. In 1950, it was 4.3 million. [6] [7] By 2050, the population is estimated to increase to about 60 million. [8] Yemenis are mainly of Arab ethnicity. [9]
"The security authorities thought that if today the Houthis chanted 'Death to America', tomorrow they could be chanting 'Death to the president [of Yemen] ' ". [citation needed] In 2004, 800 BY supporters were arrested in Sanaa. President Ali Abdullah Saleh then invited Hussein al-Houthi to a meeting in Sanaa, but Hussein declined.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are stepping up their strikes on ships in the Red Sea, ... Today, more than 24 million people – over 80% of the population – are in need of humanitarian aid ...
Yemen's population is 33 million by 2021 estimates, [282] [283] with 46% of the population being under 15 years old and 2.7% above 65 years. In 1950, it was 4.3 million. In 1950, it was 4.3 million. [ 284 ] [ 285 ] By 2050, the population is estimated to increase to about 60 million. [ 286 ]
The United States and Britain launched strikes from the air and sea against Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to the movement's attacks on ships in the Red Sea, a dramatic regional ...
Yemen's Houthis have joined the Israel-Hamas war raging more than 1,000 miles from their seat of power in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, declaring on Oct. 31 they had fired drones and missiles at ...
28 September – The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from Yemen towards Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, prompting air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and most of Central Israel. [ 56 ] 29 September – Dozens of Israeli warplanes strike Houthi targets in Al Hudaydah and Ras Issa, including power plants and port facilities. [ 57 ]
The majority of Yemen’s population are Sunni Muslim, but Zaydis make up a large minority. The Houthi movement was fueled by decades of marginalization by Yemen’s ruling elite. Their takeover ...