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Report to Congress on Conflict in Yemen, Red Sea Attacks
[USNI] Long-running Yemen...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i disputes over governance and energy resources have deepened since 2015 amid foreign influence and intervention. The Republic of Yemen was formed by a 1990 merger of the Sana’a-led Yemen Arab Republic (a former Ottoman province, then Zaydi Shia-ruled kingdom) and the Aden-led People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (a former British colony and protectorate, then independent Marxist regime). North-south tensions and conflict have recurred since the 1960s, and a southern independence movement remains active. Tribal networks and local actors are the most influential parties in many areas of the country. Arab Spring-era protests and unrest led the president of the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) to resign in 2012. A U.N.-mediated transition and national dialogue sought to broker new governing arrangements. The Iran's Houthi sock puppets Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-08-09 |
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