Yemen

Coordinates: 15°N 48°E / 15°N 48°E / 15; 48

Yemen (i/ˈjɛmən/; Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman), officially known as the Republic of Yemen (الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah), is an Arab country in Western Asia, occupying the southwestern to the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is the second largest country in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 km2 (203,850 sq mi). The coastline stretches for about 2,000 km (1,200 mi). It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south, and Oman to the east. Although Yemen's constitutionally stated capital is the city of Sana'a, the city has been under rebel control since February 2015. Because of this, Yemen's capital has been temporarily relocated to the port city of Aden, on the southern coast. Yemen's territory includes more than 200 islands; the largest of these is Socotra.

Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans (biblical Sheba), a trading state that flourished for over a thousand years and probably also included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. In 275 AD, the region came under the rule of the later Jewish influenced Himyarite Kingdom. Christianity arrived in the 4th century AD whereas Judaism and local paganism were already established. Islam spread quickly in the 7th century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the expansion of the early Islamic conquests. Administration of Yemen has long been notoriously difficult. Several dynasties emerged from the 9th to 16th century, the Rasulid being the strongest and most prosperous. The country was divided between the Ottoman and British empires in the early 20th century. The Zaydi Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was established after World War I in North Yemen before the creation of Yemen Arab Republic in 1962. South Yemen remained a British protectorate until 1967. The two Yemeni states united to form the modern republic of Yemen in 1990.

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Iran: US complicit with Israel in spreading regional insecurity

Press TV 29 Mar 2025
In a meeting with Hans Grundberg, the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, in Tehran on Saturday, Araghchi condemned continued military attacks by the US on various parts of the Arab country and the killing of its civilians as well as destruction of its infrastructures ... No military solution to Yemen crisis, US must stop heavy attacks....
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Ilhan Omar Is Reportedly Drafting Impeachment Articles Over Signalgate

Scheerpost 29 Mar 2025
plans to bomb Yemen in a Signal group chat that came to light after a journalist was mistakenly added to the chat earlier this month ... airstrikes on Yemen were in violation of international laws relating to the killing of civilians; such laws prohibit targeting nonmilitary buildings, even if there is a military target inside....
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Signal chat leak: Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth under spotlight for bringing wife Jennifer to sensitive meetings

Hindustan Times 29 Mar 2025
Facing a slew of criticism over the recent Signal chat controversy, leaking details of a military strike in Yemen to a journalist, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also reportedly took his wife to two meetings with foreign military counterparts ... Us News Signal Yemen....
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The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) know

York News-Times 28 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON — The revelation that President Donald Trump's most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place in Yemen has raised many questions ... Whether anyone in the group archived the messages as required by law to a government server....
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Morning Report — Will Trump’s bet on tariffs be bonanza or bust?

The Hill 28 Mar 2025
Lawmakers in both parties are zeroing in on allegations that senior Trump officials violated federal recordkeeping laws, an element of the Signal chat-gate scandal that was initially overshadowed by a focus on whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated the Espionage Act by sharing sensitive details about a military strike....
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House Democrat introducing Houthi PC Small Group Act

The Hill 27 Mar 2025
Under Torres's proposal, nicknamed after the group chat that high-level national security officials used on the Signal app to discuss a looming airstrike on Houthi rebels in Yemen, anyone who violates the law would face up to five years in prison and fines up to $250,000, ......
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Judge at centre of row with Trump over Venezuela deportations will hear Signal lawsuit

The Observer 27 Mar 2025
James Boasberg, a district judge in Washington, was assigned on Wednesday to a lawsuit alleging Trump officials violated federal record-keeping laws by using a Signal group chat to discuss looming military action against Yemen’s Houthis ... Newly shared Signal messages show Trump advisers discussed Yemen attack plans....
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The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don’t) know

Wtop 27 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place in Yemen has raised many questions ... Yemen’s Houthis....
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Trump news at a glance: more Signal messages released as Republicans break ranks with White House

AOL 27 Mar 2025
US intelligence chiefs on Wednesday denied breaking the law or revealing classified information in a group chat where they discussed details of airstrikes on Yemen in the presence of a journalist, despite allegations from Democrats that the leak was reckless and possibly illegal....
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The Signal Scandal Needs an Investigation. Where’s Pam Bondi Now?

New York Magazine 27 Mar 2025
Based on Goldberg’s reporting alone, prosecutors should consider the federal law that criminalizes mishandling of sensitive government information. That law gives us three primary elements that must be proved to support a criminal charge ... the law pam bondi department of justice pete hegseth michael waltz signal yemen the group chat More....
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What's known about the Signal Yemen attack plan messages

Madison 27 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON — The revelation that President Donald Trump's most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place in Yemen has raised many questions....
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Judges rule against Trump in several cases including trans military ban

AOL 27 Mar 2025
... to El Salvador under an 18th-century wartime law ... On Wednesday Boasberg, who has been targeted by Trump, was assigned to a lawsuit alleging Trump officials violated federal record-keeping laws by using a Signal group chat to discuss looming military action against Yemen’s Houthis....

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