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This is the second in a two-part report on the ongoing crisis in Yemen, a collaboration between PolGeoNow and CIGeography. Part 1 was the Map & Infographic of Foreign Military Deployments in Yemen.
The below article summarizes the political situation and presents a detailed chronicle of events over the past several months. The map has been updated since Wednesday's infographic.
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Map by Louis Martin-Vézian and Evan Centanni (click to enlarge). All rights reserved.
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Timeline by Djordje Djukic, with additional reporting by Evan Centanni
The Disintegration of Yemen
When PolGeoNow published
our last Yemen control map two and a half years ago, the country appeared to be holding together, if only barely. Authoritarian president Ali Abdullah Saleh had stepped down in an internationally-backed political compromise to end the country's
Arab Spring uprising, and the northern Houthi rebels had halted their advances after promises of political involvement.
Al Qaeda was on the run from its claimed
emirates in the south after a military campaign overseen by the new President Abdurabuh Mansur Hadi, Saleh's former vice president. A movement for southern independence remained outspoken, but wasn't taking up arms in large numbers against the government.