YEMEN CIVIL WAR

1. Important to know

1.1. Shiites Zaydy: Followers of Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law

1.2. Houthis: insurgent group, Shiite minority

1.3. Sunnis: followers of the caliphates of Muhammad

1.4. Al Qaeda: militant Sunni Islamist terrorist group primarily active in Yemen

2. The worst humanitarian crisis in the world

2.1. Civil conflict that has almost disintegrated the country

2.2. Major confrontation between Saudi Arabia and Iran

3. Humanitarian catastrophe

3.1. "Poverty, misery, massive displacement, shelters at their maximum capacity, thousands of civilian deaths and diseases such as cholera threaten its inhabitants"(UNHCR, 2022)

4. Yemen is a region that has...

4.1. Oil

4.1.1. Reserves, refineries and pipelines

4.2. International trade

4.2.1. Mandeb Strait: exit to the Suez Canal canal

5. It has caused a great displacement, thousands of refugees and around 3700 thousand deaths

6. What do Yemenis need to cope with the consequences of the conflict?

6.1. Ensure routes and arrival of donations by the UN and NGO's

6.2. Social unification

6.3. Adequate distribution of resources to reduce trade in the black market

7. Start of the War

7.1. From 20th and 21st

7.1.1. Yemen was affected by political instability and violence

7.2. From the 2000s

7.2.1. Al Qaeda cells presence

7.3. 2004

7.3.1. Houthi rebellion against Sunni-led Yemeni army

7.4. 2014

7.4.1. Houthis protest against Yemeni President Abdurabu Hadi, to take Sanaa

7.5. 2015

7.5.1. Transfer of the presidential palace to Aden, supported by the US and known by the international community

8. Parties

8.1. Arabia Saudi United Arab Emirates

8.1.1. Intervened militarily in favor of the Government of Yemen against the Houthis

8.1.2. Allied with South and East Yemen

8.2. Iran

8.2.1. Support for the Houthis/Shiites

8.2.2. Allied with Northeast Yemen

8.3. Arabian Peninsula

8.3.1. Al Qaeda operations

9. Why did the war start?

9.1. Interests between Shiites and Sunnis

9.1.1. Economic

9.1.1.1. Raw materials

9.1.1.2. Control of a world trade route

9.1.2. Religious