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The situation in Yemen has been described as the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. And it has taken that human catastrophe for many people to become aware of the small country that hugs the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula. But as Asher Orkaby explains this month, the current conflict has deep roots in how Yemen emerged as a nation, its ...
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 ...
Nov 23, 2021 · A new United Nations report has projected that the death toll from Yemen’s war will reach 377,000 by the end of 2021, including those killed as a result of indirect and direct causes. In a ...
On 1 October, UAE ship HSV-2 Swift attacked and damaged by Houthi missile off Yemeni coast. On 8 October, the 2016 Sana'a funeral airstrike occurs. From 2–3 December, the cities of Zinjibar and Jaʿār fall to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. From 10–18 December, the December 2016 Aden suicide bombings occur.
Yemen has been facing a protracted political, humanitarian and developmental crisis since uprisings broke out in 2011. With 80 per cent of the population, or 24.1 million people, in need of humanitarian aid and protection, it is now the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.
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Apr 17, 2023 · 17 April 2023 Peace and Security. An expired truce still delivering positive results, and a recent mass prisoner exchange, are signs of hope in Yemen, but more work remains to end the war between the Saudi coalition-backed Government and Houthi rebels, UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Monday.
