The Yemen Crisis: Will the Conflict ever End?
| Case Code: HROB237 Case Length: 13 Pages Period: 2014-2022 Pub Date: 2022 Teaching Note: Available |
Price: Rs.300 Organization: - Industry: - Countries: Yemen Themes: Crisis Management & Conflict, Political Environment |
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Early Interventions for Conflict Resolution
From 2004 to 2009, Saleh’s regime had several fights with the Houthis. In 2010, Houthis remained active on the Yemen’s northern border with Saudi Arabia, where they associated themselves with neighbouring rival nations such as Iran and Lebanon’s Hizbullah party. From 2007, a mass protest movement called Hirak started by Governor of Aden, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, arose in eastern and southern regions of Yemen to separate southern Yemen from the unified Yemen..
The Gulf Cooperative Council Initiative
Despite intervention from Friends of Yemen, the political crisis deepened in Yemen. In January 2011, protesters in the country carried out demonstrations calling for ending Saleh’s 33-year rule in Yemen..
The National Dialogue Conference
The process of bringing about a new governance system under the GCC was to include a National Dialogue Conference (NDC), launched in March 2012. The NDC was launched by Hadi with the help from Benomar and other foreign diplomats..
Mediation by The United Nations
On September 21, 2014, the United Nations initiated a Peace and the National Partnership Agreement (PNPA), which was signed by the Yemeni government and the Houthis. The agreement sought to halt escalation of the conflict which started in July 2014..
The Conflict
In 2014, after the authorities removed fuel subsidies, the Houthi rebels took control of Sanaa, demanding a new government and lowering of fuel prices. The Arab Spring prompted the Houthi rebels to capture Sanaa in 2014. The Houthis were backed by some young Yemenis, including some people from the Sunni Muslim community..
Failed Efforts to Conflict Resolution
Since August 2011, the United Nations made attempts to resolve the conflict in Yemen. It appointed three special envoys. In June 2015 and December 2015, two-rounds of United Nations-led negotiations..
Will the conflict end?
In January 2022, the Houthis launched missiles and drone attacks on Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the state-owned oil company of the UAE, killing three people. Industry observers believed that the Houthis had attacked Abu Dhabi with missiles and drones to pressure the UAE to end its support to the Giant Brigades in Yemen...
Exhibits
Exhibit I: The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Yemen
Exhibit II: Map of Yemen
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