- Yemen Says U.S. Will Supply Boats (March 1, 2002)
...HADRAMOUT, Yemen -- The United States will supply Yemen with coast guard boats and help build a training facility to bolster secur... - New Front in War on Terror (November 5, 2002)
...rated by the CIA, tracked a suspect al-Qaeda vehicle in a remote corner of Yemen and then, at the command of the plane's ground controller, fired a missile... - US to Send Troops to Yemen (March 1, 2002)
...The Bush administration has agreed to Yemen's request to provide U.S. troops to train its military in combating terror... - Troops Arrive in Yemen (May 16, 2002)
...About 30 U.S. Special Forces troops arrived in Yemen on Thursday to train forces in that southern Arabian country in counterter... - US 'Still Opposes' Targeted Killings (November 5, 2002)
...spite its apparent use of the same tactic to kill six al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen on Sunday. "Our policy on targeted killings in the Israeli-Palestinian c... - Two Terror Allies Get More US Troops (April 8, 2002)
...einforcements into the war on terror with new troops expected to deploy to Yemen and the Philippines in the next few weeks, according to military officials... - Yemeni Tribes Say They Hide No Qaeda Suspects (May 17, 2002)
...SAN`A, Yemen (AP) – Yemeni tribes in provinces on the Saudi Arabian border warned the U... - Cheney Offers More Military Aid to Yemen (March 13, 2002)
...SAN'A, Yemen (AP) – Vice President Dick Cheney courted Yemen, a nation that U.S. officials fear could become another Afghanistan, with... - US Boards N. Korean Ship with Missiles Bound for Yemen (December 11, 2002)
...SAN'A, Yemen (AP) — The U.S. Navy released the shipment of North Korean-made Scud missi... - Al Qaeda Suspect Blows Self Up Outside Yemeni Capital (February 15, 2002)
...U.S. authorities have renewed their focus on Yemen as a nexus of terror in recent weeks, and are increasingly worried about t... - US Drones Take Combat Role (November 6, 2002)
... of the al-Qaeda network by America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Yemen on Monday has drawn attention again to the US ability to use hi-tech weapo... - US Strike Kills Six in Al Qaeda (November 5, 2002)
...A missile fired by a U.S. Predator drone over Yemen Sunday killed six suspected al Qaeda terrorists in a vehicle about 100 mil... - Bush Authorized 'Targeted Killings' (November 6, 2002)
... — The lethal missile strike that killed a suspected leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen was carried out under broad authority that President Bush has given the C.... - FBI Warns Attack May Be Imminent in US or Yemen (February 11, 2002)
...t listed about a dozen associates of al-Rabeei, most from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. One associate was listed as possibly coming from Tunisia. The bureau... - US Remains Leader in Global Arms Sales (September 25, 2003)
... was eventually allowed to sail on with the missiles to its destination in Yemen after officials conceded that neither North Korea nor Yemen had violated a...
Yemen
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The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia.
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| National motto: Xxxxx | |||||
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| Official language | Arabic | ||||
| Capital | Sanaá | ||||
| President | Ali Abdullah Saleh | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 48th 527,970 km² Negligible | ||||
| Population
- Total (2003) - Density | Ranked 53rd
19,349,881 37/km² | ||||
| Unification | May 22, 1990 | ||||
| Currency | Yemeni rial (YER) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC +3 | ||||
| National anthem | United Republic | ||||
| Internet TLD | .YE | ||||
| Calling Code | 967 | ||||
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History
Main article: History of YemenNorth Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years later, the southern government adopted a Marxist orientation. The massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Yemenis from the south to the north contributed to two decades of hostility between the states. Egypt under Nasser aided the southern Marxist Yemen force militarily, including the use of chemical weapons, specifically mustard gas and perhaps an organophosphate nerve agent, against royalist troops in North Yemen. The two countries were formally unified as the Republic of Yemen in 1990. A southern secessionist movement in 1994 was quickly subdued.
Politics
Main article: Politics of Yemen
Governorates
Main article: Governorates of Yemen
Geography
Main article: Geography of Yemen
Economy
Main article: Economy of YemenYemen, one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, reported strong growth in the mid-1990s with the onset of oil production, but was harmed by low oil prices in 1998. Yemen has embarked on an IMF-supported structural adjustment program designed to modernize and streamline the economy, which has led to foreign debt relief and restructuring. Aided by higher oil prices in 1999, Yemen worked to maintain tight control over spending and implement additional components of the IMF program. The high population growth rate of 3.4% and internal political dissension complicate the government's task.
Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Yemen
Culture
Main article: Culture of Yemen
| Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks | |
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| January 1 | New Year's Day | - | ||
| May 22 | Day of National Unity | - | Celebrates Unification of Yemen | |
| September 26 | Revolution Day 1963 | - | - | |
| October 14 | National Day | - | - | |
| November 30 | Independence Day | - | - | |
| - | Eid al-Adha | - | date varies | |
| - | Eid al-Fitr | - | date varies | |
| - | Muharram | - | date varies | |
| - | Lailat ul-Miraj | - | date varies | |
| - | Prophet's birthday | Mouloud | date varies |
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