Two of the Middle East’s most powerful countries are facing off in Yemen. Here’s what to know

A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there.

Who is fighting in Yemen?

Yemen's more than decade-long civil war has flared up after a United Arab Emirates-backed separatist movement swept through ...
The Economist

A lightning advance by separatists has reshaped Yemen’s civil war

On December 2nd the Southern Transitional Council ( stc ), secessionists backed by the uae, went on a lightning offensive ...

Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and create wider tensions in Gulf region

Saudi Arabia has bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for ...

Yemen’s sides agree to release 2,900 detainees in war’s largest exchange

Yemen’s government and Iran-backed Houthi rebels have agreed to release 2,900 detainees in the largest swap during the 11-year civil war.
Las Vegas Sun

What is the war in Yemen about and how is it affecting global trade?

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