According to a report, in 630 Mohammed sent his couson Ali to modern day Yemen. Reportedly, islam was accepted over the decades but not the Saudi government, there were many wars and assecessions. According to the report, the british were looking for a coal depot for the east India company en route and consolidated a position in the port of Aden. Reportedly, one of their ships sank and Yemenis boarded and plundered it, in retaliation the british sent a war ship and occupied Aden which was very prosperous. According to the report, in 1839 Yemenis tried to take the port town and failed, but the british decided to make friends on the condition that Yemenis did not make any treaties with other non arab nations.
Reportedly, there were two regions, north and south, british ruled the south, saudis the north. According to the report, yeminis were becoming nationalists, their leader dreamed of a united Yemen.
Reportedly, during the second world war the port of Aden became very substantial, hundreds of people migrated from north to south for work. According to the report, in 1943 poor conditions were the reason for a resistance to the occupation. Reportedly, a coup occurred but didn’t succeed and a war followed, Britain and Saudi backed the Hamidaddins for leadership, but in name only. More uprisings. According to the report, victory meant the end of british rule in the south. Reportedly, Yemen became the Yemen arab republic, changed later to the people’s democratic republic of Yemen, and a programme of nationalism began which caused hostilities with the north, also a cause was the lack of parity between north and south.
According to the report, in 1967 british administered south Yemen ceased to exist. The u.n. have been present in the country since the 1970s. Reportedly, the regions were merged in 1990 following talks held by the arab league; Ali Abdulla Saleh became president, the president of south Yemen became vice president and a unified parliament was formed.
According to the report, in 1992 there were food riots in major towns, and interpolitical violence and marginalisation of the south made parliament ineffective. Reportedly, a yemeni insurgency of the peoples’ republic followed. Called houthis now. According to the report, the government alleged that houthis were seeking to overthrow it and to implement religious law, houthis said they were defending their community against discrimination and government aggression. Reportedly, in 2005 atleast 36 protestors were killed during clashes with the police over fuel prices.
According to the report, Saleh won a second term and a series of bomb attacks followed. Reportedly, in 2009 the Saudi arabian and Yemen branches of al-qaeda merged to form al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula (aqap), many of its members were Saudi nationals who had been released from Guantanamo Bay.
Reportedly, in 2009 Saudi forces together with the yemini army launched a new offensive against the Houthi, tens of thousands were displaced during the fighting. According to the report, a u.s. airstrike hit a village killing 35 civilians, followed by drone attacks. Human rights groups objected. Reportedly, a ceasefire was followed by renewed fighting, houthis complained about discrimination. According to the report, after the ousting of president Saleh who was eventually executed for treason, drone strikes continued. Reportedly, Saleh’s son continued to exercise a strong hold on the military.
According to the report, in 2015 Saudi Arabia formed a coalition of ground troops from nine mainy arab nations and began airstrikes. Reportedly, saudis seized Aden, and houthis have been fighting i.s., al-qaeda and Saudi Arabia ever since. According to reports, since 2016 Yemen has experienced a famine, compounded by problems with cholera water. There is a blockade. Reportedly, in 2017 more than 50,000 children died of starvation and or disease in Yemen. According to a report, oil was exploited under u.s. armed guard who paid the saudi government. Reportedly, all u.s. military personnel have been evacuated.
According to the report, isil claimed responsibility for suicide bombings in houthi mosques and the countries capital, and aqap continued to seize territory in eastern Yemen. Reportedly, a suicide bomb in the presidential palace in 2022 killed 26 guards.
According to reports, a delegation from the houthi flew to Saudi Arabia on Thursday for talks on potentially ending the war, discussions are unclear.