According to recent news, a group of men were tried in the US for sending millions of dollars to war- torn Yemen, but have not received custodial sentences. Cash transfers, according to the same report were sent on behalf of Shell oil. Hopefully Exxon Mobile/Esso will follow suit.
The conflict in Yemen has been ongoing since 2015, and said to be sparked by intergovernment differences.
North Yemen was a state that existed from 1918 following the breakup of the Ottoman empire. The North Yemen civil war from 1962-1970 was fought between royalist partisans and republicans which is said to have resulted in a republican government that is inclusive of royal delegates.
South Yemen, or the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen was a country that existed between 1967-1990. South Yemen was ruled by the British under various delegates from 1858-1963 after which it became a Marxist socialist republic, the only communist state to be established in the middle east.
According to a source, the unification of North and South Yemen in 1990, involved an exploration for oil along unspecified border regions. Four years after unification, South Yemen fought for independence but were defeated, resulting in the supposed exile of many of the socialist party, and reunification under the northern government, believed to be a Yemen Arab Republic and recognised by the u.n.
South Yemen is being bombed, reportedly by a Saudi led coalition who are targeting civilians and infrastructure.
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