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Formation of South Yemen
Formation of southern Yemen, comprising Aden and former Protectorate of South Arabia. Country is later officially known as the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY). Programme of nationalisation begins. -
Fleeing
Thousands flee to north from the south following crackdown on dissidents. Armed groups formed in bid to overthrow government. -
Election
He is elected by the Parliament and named president of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), as well as chief of staff and “General Commander” of the armed forces. The country had endured civil war and violence for roughly two decade. -
Dead President
Thousands die in south in political rivalry. President Ali Nasser Muhammad flees the country and is later sentenced to death for treason. New government formed. -
Unite
North and South Yemen unite. The two states had been separated for more than 300 years. In the same year, Saleh allows several thousand Arab fighters back into Yemen. The fighters had been battling the Soviet Union in Afghanistan and had been barred from their home countries. -
Opposition
Yemen opposes US-led action against Iraq in Gulf War. This results in the return of 800,000 yemenis from Gulf Arab states. As well U.S. intervention in general. -
End of a civil war
A several-months long civil war in Yemen comes to an end, after Northern Yemen gains control of Aden, the southern port city and business capital of Yemen. -
Dr. Fadl
Sayyid Imam al-Sharif (b.~1950), aka Dr. Fadl, a co-founder of al-Qaida, was arrested in Yemen and transferred to Egypt in 2004, where he changed his radical position and published "Document of Right Guidance for Jihad Activity in Egypt and the World," also transliterated as "Rationalizing Jihad in Egypt and the World". In it he proclaimed “We are prohibited from committing aggression, even if the enemies of Islam do that.” In 1988 in Peshawar, Pakistan, “The Essential Guide for Preparation” by -
Jamil Qasim Saeed Mohammed
Jamil Qasim Saeed Mohammed (27), a Yemeni microbiology student, was turned over to US authorities in Pakistan. He was said to be an active al Qaeda member and was suspected of involvement in the Oct 12, 2000 bombing of the Cole in Aden. -
Assualt
Yemeni troops assaulted tribal forces in the Marib region after local leaders refused to turn over suspected members of al Qaeda. At least 12 people were killed and 22 wounded. -
Troops
Pres. Bush approved plans to send some 100 US troops to Yemen to help train the nation’s military to fight terrorists. -
Insurgency
Shia insurgency in Yemen.Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, head of the Shia Zaidiyyah sect, launched an uprising against the Yemeni government. Most of the fighting has taken place in Sa'dah Governorate in northwestern Yemen.The rebels counter that they are "defending their community against discrimination -
School
Yemen's PM Bajammal said underground religious schools that promote extremist forms of Islam are drawing in many young students across the country. He promised to eliminate the underground schools, which he estimated numbered about 4,000 and drew about 330,000 students. -
Cut back
36 people are killed across the country in clashes between police and demonstrators protesting about a cut in fuel subsidies. -
Abuse
The International Organization for Migration (IMO) said "Ethiopian women and girls who migrate to Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen and Saudi Arabia suffer from maltreatment, physical, sexual and emotional abuses," in a report based on interviews with 443 women returning from the region. -
Anti U.S.
Security forces at a Shiite mosque in northern Yemen fought with supporters of a slain anti-US cleric in a clash that left at least four people dead. -
Saleh
Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh, a US ally in the war on terrorism, said he would run for re-election this year despite earlier assurances that he would step down after 28 years in power. -
Starvin
The population of Yemen was about 22 million. More than a fifth of the people were malnourished. 75% of the food was imported. It was feared that aquifers could dry up within a decade. -
Are we Friends?
A Yemeni-American on the FBI's Most Wanted list of terror suspects was jailed in Yemen after an appeals court upheld his 10-year prison sentence. Jaber Elbaneh has been accused of belonging to al-Qaida, convicted of plots to attack oil installations in Yemen and of involvement in a 2002 attack on the French tanker Limburg off Yemen's coast that killed one person. On November 8 Elbaneh’s sentence was cut to 5 years after winning an appeal. -
Pirates
Pirates attacked 4 Yemeni tankers escorted by a Yemeni coast guard boat on their way to Aden. 3 of the ships escaped and coast guards captured five pirates and wounded two others. The Turkish cruiser Ariva 3, with two British and four Japanese crew aboard, survived a pirate attack near the Yemeni island of Jabal Zuqar. Somali pirates demanded a $5 million ransom for the release of two Egyptian fishing boats hijacked earlier this month. Later in the day Yemeni coast guard forces freed the hijacke -
Displacement
Yemeni army launched a fresh offensive against Shia rebels in the northern Sa'ada province. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by the fighting. -
Saudis become involved
Clashes broke out between the northern rebels and Saudi security forces along the two countries' common border and Saudis launched an anti-Houthi offensive. -
U.S. increase involvment
US launchs 28 air raids -
Help
In Britain world powers gathered in London for talks on how to tackle Al-Qaeda militants operating out of Yemen. The conference was called to help world powers chart a roadmap out of Afghanistan amid rising US and NATO casualties and falling public support. -
Child Soliders
US officials said the Obama administration has granted a waiver allowing Chad, CongoDRC, Sudan and Yemen to continue receiving US military aid despite their use of child soldiers. Officials said cutting off aid would do more damage than good -
Yemen Revolution
In Yemen tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital, demanding that the president's sons leave Yemen as pressure rose for the wounded leader being treated outside the country to step down. -
Weaking
In Yemen hundreds of thousands rallied across the country to support a military shake-up this week that limited the powers held by loyalists of the country's ousted leader, including his son. -