The United States and Britain have carried out strikes against targets linked to Houthis in Yemen. It’s the first time strikes have been launched against the Iran-backed group since it started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea late last year. An international… Posted on February...
It is the largest city in Yemen as well as the center of the Sana’a Governorate. Although it is the capital city according to the Yemeni constitution, it is now occupied by the Houthis, an Islamic political and armed movement. Sana’a has a total area of 126 km² and an elevation...
Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni women’s rights activist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her role in leading a pro-democracy protest movement. She shared the prize with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee. Learn more about Karman’s life and c
Socotra, island in the Indian Ocean about 210 miles (340 km) southeast of Yemen, to which it belongs. The largest of several islands extending eastward from the Horn of Africa, it has an area of about 1,400 square miles (3,600 square km). The Hajīr (Haj
tomb and amarbleslab that covers it, and the pieces were dated to about 345; previous archaeological evidence dated only to the Crusader period. This finding provides evidence for the earliest shrine on the site, and other dated samples have confirmed the historical sequences of rebuilding there...
Learn about this topic in these articles: government of Yemen In Yemen: Political process …party by far is the General People’s Congress; other parties include Iṣlāḥ (the Yemeni Congregation for Reform), the Nasserite Unionist Party, and several socialist organizations. Al-Ḥaqq Party...