The Yemeni Socialist Party is a social democratic political party in Yemen. A successor of Yemen's National Liberation Front, it was the ruling party in South Yemen until Yemeni unification in 1990. Originally Marxist–Leninist, the party has gradually evolved into a social democratic opposition party in today's unified Yemen.
Jiblah is a town in the Ibb Governorate of Yemen, south-west of the city of Ibb. It is located at the elevation of around 2,200 metres, near Jabal At-Ta'kar. The town and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List due to its purported universal cultural value. By 2019 Jiblah University for medical and health science was established in the center of the town of Jiblah. The historical Palace of Queen Arwa is located in the town.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, commonly abbreviated as AQAP is a Sunni Islamist militant group which is part of the al-Qaeda network and is primarily active in Yemen and, to a lesser extent, Saudi Arabia. It is considered the most active of al-Qaeda's affiliates that emerged after the weakening of central leadership.
The Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen is an ongoing armed conflict between the Yemeni government, the United States and their allies, and al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in Yemen. It is a part of the Global War on Terror.
Abdul-Malik Badruldeen al-Houthi, also known as Abu Jibril, is a Yemeni politician and religious leader, who serves as the leader of the Houthi movement, a movement principally made up of Zaidi Muslims. His brothers, Yahia and Abdul-Karim are also leaders of the group, as were his late brothers Hussein, Ibrahim, and Abdulkhaliq. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi is the leading figure in the Yemeni Civil War which started with the Houthi takeover in Yemen in the Saada Governorate in northern Yemen.
The Islamic State – Yemen Province is a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State (IS), active in Yemen. IS announced the group's formation on 13 November 2014.
Morocco–Saudi Arabia relations refers to the current and historical relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Morocco has an embassy in Riyadh and Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Rabat.
The Marib campaign, also called Marib offensive, is an ongoing military campaign in the Yemeni civil war for the control of the Marib Governorate of Yemen. Fighting between the Houthi forces and factions of the Yemeni Army loyal to Supreme Political Council on one side, and Yemeni Army units loyal to president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and militiamen on the other side, has taken place since early 2015. Marib is rich in oil and gas resources and is a key strategic governorate because it connects the Houthi-controlled Sanaa and Alimi-controlled Hadhramaut governorates.
Al Hudaydah offensive, also called Western Coast Offensive, describes the offensive launched in December 2017 by pro-government forces against the Houthis in Al Hudaydah Governorate as part of Yemen's 2015 civil war. As of December 2018, the pro-government forces have captured the towns of Al Khawkhah, Hays, At Tuhayta, and brokered a ceasefire in Al Hudaydah City. In November 2021, a coalition withdrawal led the Houthi forces to break the siege of Al Hudaydah and recapture At Tuhayta.
The Abyan conflict was a series of clashes between forces of AQAP loyal to Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and forces loyal to Southern Movement for the control of Abyan between 2016 and 2018.
The Houthitribe is a Hamdanid Arab tribe that lives in northern Yemen. The tribe is a branch from Banu Hamdan tribe. They are primarily located in 'Amran and Saada. The Houthi movement is named after the tribe. Harith al-Hamdani, one of Ali's first supporters, was from the Houthi tribe.
The Southern Yemen clashes were a series of clashes in the city of Aden between the pro-Hadi government troops backed by Saudi Arabia and Southern Transitional Council forces backed by the United Arab Emirates. The Southern Transitional Council took control of Aden and Zinjibar.
Ali Al Bukhaiti is a Yemeni politician, journalist and writer. He was a spokesman for the Houthi movement, until deciding to split up from them. He moved between Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon, and currently lives in the United Kingdom. He wrote several political articles published on many sites, and appeared on news channels such as BBC, RT, Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya and Al-Hurra. Al-Bukhayti was close to the former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh. He attacked the Houthis and their practices in Yemen, and as a result, he and his relatives were subjected to harassment and threats from them. In 2019, Al-Bukhaiti declared his "Irreligion", and attacked the Islam and its rulings. He and his family came under pressure because of this.
Sultan Ali Al-Arada is a Yemeni politician and general who has served as one of the 8 members of the Presidential Leadership Council since 2022. The PLC is the internationally-recognized executive of Yemen. Arada concurrently serves as the governor of Marib Governorate, having held that role since 2012.
Major general Ameen Abdullah al-Waeli was a Yemeni military officer and held the rank of major general. He served as commander of the 6th military region of Yemeni Army of the internationally-recognized government forces. He is among the most senior members of the government forces to have been killed in the Yemeni Civil War. He was killed during battles with Houthis in Marib in 2021.
In August 2022, forces of Yemen's Emirati-backed separatist Southern Movement, mainly represented by the Southern Transitional Council, launched an offensive in the Abyan and Shabwah provinces. Initially, the Southern forces mostly fought against Saudi-backed government forces, most of which belonged to the armed wing of the Islah party. Since early September 2022, however, the Southern Movement's offensive has become more focused on battling local al-Qaeda strongholds.
The Al-Ahrar Organization, literally meaning Organization of the Free, is a center-left political party in Yemen. It was founded as a parliamentary block in early 2011 in reaction to the repression and deadly violence against the protesters of the Yemeni Revolution by the government. Initially, it consisted of 12 parliamentarians under the leadership of the politician Abduh Bishr, who had decided to leave the governing General People's Congress in protest. Its Facebook page was set up on 1 May 2011. In 2015, the party denounced the Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen, calling it an act of aggression. During some time between 2015 and 2019, party leader Bishr was member of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Houthi government
On March 23, 2022, Houthis assassinated Yemeni army commander Thabet Gawas and three others in a car bombing in Aden, Yemen.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Wikipedia articles available about the Yemeni crisis, revolution, and Yemeni civil war (2014–present).
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