Editing Republic of Yemen

{{Infobox country|name=Yemen|native_name=ٱلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْيَمَنِيَّةُ|image_flag=Flag of Yemen.svg|image_coat=Emblem of Yemen.svg|population_estimate=30,491,000|population_estimate_year=2021|area_km2=555,000|capital=Sanaa|largest_city=Sanaa|government_type=Provisional government|leader_title1=Chairman|leader_name1=Mahdi al-Mashat|image_map=Yemen map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Arabic}}
'''Yemen''', officially the '''Republic of Yemen''', is a country in [[Western Asia]], south of [[Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]]. It was formed in 1990 when the [[Yemen Arab Republic]] annexed the [[People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990)|People's Democratic Republic of Yemen]]. Yemen's capital of Sanaa is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.

Due to the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] invasion by the [[United States of America|USA]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|UK]], [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]], and Saudi Arabia, Yemen is currently facing a severe malnutrition crisis, with 400,000 children facing death, in addition to a cholera epidemic.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[ANSWER Coalition]]|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=12 things you should know about Yemen|date=2019-01-07|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/12-things-you-should-know-about-yemen/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107231606/https://www.liberationnews.org/12-things-you-should-know-about-yemen/|archive-date=2020-11-07|retrieved=2023-04-20}}</ref> On average, a civilian is killed or wounded every hour.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Geopolitical Economy Report]]|title=US-Saudi war on Yemen has killed 377,000 people – UN estimate|date=2022-02-20|url=https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/20/us-saudi-war-yemen-377000-deaths-un/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410174459/https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/20/us-saudi-war-yemen-377000-deaths-un/|archive-date=2023-04-10|retrieved=2023-04-20}}</ref> The revolutionary coalition led by [[Ansar Allah|Ansarullah]] controls the former territory of North Yemen, which holds 80% of the country's population.<ref name=":0" /> 

== History ==

=== Nationalist revolution ===
In 1962, Yemen had a [[Nationalism|nationalist]] revolution and supported a rebellion in the [[Dhofar]] province of Oman.<ref name=":12222">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Mecca|page=265|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

=== Socialist revolution ===
[[Marxism|Marxists]] took power in South Yemen in 1967, leading the Saudis to fund anti-communists in Yemen and Oman.<ref name=":12222" />

=== 2011 revolution ===
President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] stepped down in 2011 during the [[Arab Spring]], and his vice president [[Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi]] took power.

Yemen overthrew Hadi's USA and Saudi-backed puppet government in 2014 and installed an [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] government led by Ansarullah. Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia in 2015 and has not returned to Yemen since.<ref name=":0" /> Following the revolution, the imperialist [[Imperial core|West]] began a brutal war against Yemen.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Lalkar]]|title=Yemen’s quest for self-determination continues unabated|date=2023-01-26|url=https://thecommunists.org/2023/01/26/news/yemen-self-determination-quest-continues-agriculture-self-sufficiency/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127003206/https://thecommunists.org/2023/01/26/news/yemen-self-determination-quest-continues-agriculture-self-sufficiency/|archive-date=2023-01-27|retrieved=2023-01-28}}</ref>

=== Imperialist invasion ===
Saudi Arabia began air strikes against Yemen in March 2015 with support from the [[imperial core]].<ref name=":1" />

The [[Imperialism|imperialist]] United States is supporting its Saudi Arabian vassal state in stirring up a bloody proxy war in Yemen that has killed 337,000 people, mostly children,<ref name=":1" /> and left millions [[Homelessness|homeless]].<ref>[https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/07/06/2533828/us-fueling-saudi-war-on-yemen-envoy US Fueling Saudi War on Yemen: Envoy] by Tasnim News Agency on July 6th, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/17/yemen_crisis_us_uae_saudi_arabia A Crisis Made in America: Yemen on Brink of Famine After U.S. Cuts Aid While Fueling War] by Democracy Now on September 17th, 2020</ref> [[Al-Qaeda|Al Qaeda]] is supporting the Saudis and fighting against Ansarullah.<ref name=":0" />

In June 2022, U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] announced that he had deployed troops in Yemen to back the Saudi forces.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=U.S. president confirms deployment of troops in Yemen|date=2022-06-14|url=https://mronline.org/2022/06/14/u-s-president-confirms-deployment-of-troops-in-yemen/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614211029/https://mronline.org/2022/06/14/u-s-president-confirms-deployment-of-troops-in-yemen/|archive-date=2022-06-14|retrieved=2022-06-17}}</ref>

==== U.S. war crimes ====
In 2011, [[Barack Obama|Obama]] assassinated a U.S. citizen living in Yemen along with his son and nephew and several other civilians.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2011-09-30|title=Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-15121879|newspaper=BBC|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2021-12-30}}</ref> The United States also killed a 13-year-old boy in 2015 with a drone strike and 30 people, including an 8-year-old girl, in 2017 with a SEAL attack. In 2018, a US-backed Saudi plane bombed a school bus, killing 40 innocent children and injuring 80 more people.{{Citation needed}}

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