Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar was a Yemeni politician who served as the first President of the Republic of Yemen,from Yemeni unification on 22 May 1990,to his resignation on 27 February 2012,following the Yemeni revolution. Previously,he had served as President of the Yemen Arab Republic,or North Yemen,from July 1978,to 22 May 1990,after the assassination of President Ahmad al-Ghashmi. al-Ghashmi had earlier appointed Saleh as military governor in Taiz.
The Houthi movement,officially known as Ansar Allah,is a Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaidi Shias,with their namesake leadership being drawn largely from the Houthi tribe.
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi is a Yemeni politician and former field marshal of the Yemeni Armed Forces who served as the president of Yemen from 2012 until 2022,when he stepped down and transferred executive authority to the Presidential Leadership Council,with Rashad al-Alimi as its chairman. He was the vice president to Ali Abdullah Saleh from 1994 to 2012.
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 revolutionary 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 Houthi takeover in Yemen,also known as the September 21 Revolution,or 2014–15 coup d'état,was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis and their supporters that pushed the Yemeni government from power. It had origins in Houthi-led protests that began the previous month,and escalated when the Houthis stormed the Yemeni capital Sanaa on 21 September 2014,causing the resignation of Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa,and later the resignation of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and his ministers on 22 January 2015 after Houthi forces seized the presidential palace,residence,and key military installations,and the formation of a ruling council by Houthi militants on 6 February 2015.
The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Yemen.
The Battle of Sanaa in 2014 marked the advance of the Houthis into Sanaa,the capital of Yemen,and heralded the beginning of the armed takeover of the government that unfolded over the following months. Fighting began on 9 September 2014,when pro-Houthi protesters under the command of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi marched on the cabinet office and were fired upon by security forces,leaving seven dead. The clashes escalated on 18 September,when 40 were killed in an armed confrontation between the Houthis led by military commander Mohammed Ali al-Houthi and supporters of the Sunni hardliner Islah Party when the Houthis tried to seize Yemen TV,and 19 September,with more than 60 killed in clashes between Houthi fighters and the military and police in northern Sanaa. By 21 September,the Houthis captured the government headquarters,marking the fall of Sanaa.
The Yemeni civil war is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Presidential Leadership Council and the Mahdi al-Mashat-led Supreme Political Council,along with their supporters and allies. Both claim to constitute the official government of Yemen.
On 26 March 2015,Saudi Arabia,leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa,launched an intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,who had been ousted from the capital,Sanaa,in September 2014 by Houthi insurgents during the Yemeni Civil War. Efforts by the United Nations to facilitate a power sharing arrangement under a new transitional government collapsed,leading to escalating conflict between government forces,Houthi rebels,and other armed groups,which culminated in Hadi fleeing to Saudi Arabia shortly before it began military operations in the country.
The siege of Taiz is an ongoing,protracted military confrontation between opposing Yemeni forces in the city of Taiz for control of the city and surrounding area. The battle began one month after the start of the Yemeni Civil War.
The Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict is an ongoing armed conflict between the Royal Saudi Armed Forces and Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi forces that has been taking place in the Arabian Peninsula,including the southern Saudi regions of Asir,Jizan,and Najran,and northern Yemeni governorates of Saada,Al Jawf,and Hajjah,since the onset of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen in 2015.
Almigdad Mojalli was a Yemeni freelance journalist working for the United States media service Voice of America. On 17 January 2016 Mojalli was killed by a Saudi airstrike in a village near Sana'a while attempting to report on the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
On 4 September 2015,the Houthis launched an OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missile against a military base in Safer,an area in Marib Governorate. The base was being used by military forces of the Saudi-led coalition. The missile hit an ammunition dump,creating a huge explosion which inflicted numerous casualties among coalition troops. 52 Emirati,ten Saudi,five Bahraini soldiers and dozens of pro-Hadi Yemeni troops were killed in the attack.
War crimes and human rights violations,committed by all warring parties,have been widespread throughout the Yemeni civil war. This includes the two main groups involved in the ongoing conflict:forces loyal to the current Yemeni president,Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,and Houthis and other forces supporting Ali Abdullah Saleh,the former Yemeni president. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have also carried out attacks in Yemen. The Saudi-led coalition,backed by the United States and other nations,has also been accused of violating human rights and breaking international law,especially in regards to airstrikes that repeatedly hit civilian targets.
The following is a timeline of the Yemeni civil war,which began in September 2014.
The Battle of Sanaa (2017) was fought between forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a. Both sides were allied during the 2014–15 Houthi takeover of the government but the alliance ended when Saleh decided to break ranks with the Houthis and call for dialogue with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,who are leading a military intervention in Yemen. Fighting then broke out between the Houthis and forces loyal to Saleh as the Saudi-led coalition began bombing Houthi areas,ultimately resulting in Saleh's death and a Houthi victory.
Mahdi al-Mashat is a Yemeni politician,Chairman of the Supreme Political Council and a military leader from the Houthi movement.
Events of 2020 in 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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