Yemen

[ yem-uhn, yey-muhn ]

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Republic of Yemen, a country in southern Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). ��ʿ��. Aden. Formerly Southern Yemen.
a former country in southwestern Arabia: since 1990 a part of the Republic of Yemen. : ��ʿ��. Also called North Yemen.
a former country in southern Arabia: since 1990 a part of the Republic of Yemen. : Aden. Also called South Yemen.

Yemen

/ ˈ��ɛ��ə�� /

noun

a republic in SW Arabia, on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden: formed in 1990 from the union of North Yemen and South Yemen: consists of arid coastal lowlands, rising to fertile upland valleys and mountains in the west and to the Hadhramaut plateau in the SE: the north and east contains part of the Great Sandy Desert. Official language: Arabic. Official religion: Muslim. Currency: riyal. Capital: San`a. Pop: 25 408 288 (2005 est). Area (including territory claimed by Yemen along the undemarcated eastern border with Saudi Arabia): 472 099 sq km (182 278 sq miles) Official nameYemen Republic See also North Yemen South Yemen

Yemen

Now the Republic of Yemen . Yemen is at the mouth of the Red Sea , in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula , bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the east; formerly divided into North Yemen (the Yemen Arab Republic) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.

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Notes

Northern Yemen became an independent country after World War I .

The two Yemens were reunified as a result of the democratic reforms of the Soviet Union and its satellite countries in 1990.

Southern Yemen won independence from Britain in 1967 and became the world's only communist Arab state.

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The UK has launched air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen for the first time since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

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The US military says it has hit more than 800 targets since launching sustained air and naval strikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen on 15 March.

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President Donald Trump will meet with The Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief who was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat with administration officials discussing air strikes against the Houthi group in Yemen.

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Hegseth's Defense Department has been a reliable source for palace intrigue stories, as dangerously sloppy information security around military strikes in Yemen has led to a chaotic wave of firings.

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Officials similarly used that group to discuss information relating to strikes in Yemen.

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Yeltsin Yemeni

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