YEMEN CRISIS Flashcards
where is Yemen located and who are its neighbours?
WESTERN ASIA ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
SAUDI ARABIA- NORTH ; OMAN- NORTHEAST
ERITREA , DJIBOUTI , SOMALILAND AND SOMALIA
YEMEN CAPITAL AND PRIME MINISTER AND OFFICIAL CURRENCY?
CAPITAL - SANAA
PM- MAEEN ABDUL MALIK SAEED
CURRENCY- YEMENI RIAL
SAUDI ARABIA ______ IN ASIA
IS IT BORDERED BY WHICH ALL NATIONS?
_____ SEPARATES SAUDI ARABIA FROM EGYPT?
Arabian peninsula - 5 th largest country and 2 largest country in Arab world .
Red Sea, Jordan , Iraq , Kuwait , Persian gulf , Qatar , use , Oman to the southeast and Yemen to the south
gulf of Aqaba
saudi arabia capital , home to which 2 cities in islam? who is the crown prince and the currency ?
riyadh
Mecca and Medina
mohammed bin salman al saud
Saudi riyal
WHAT IS THE CURRENT YEMEN CRISIS?
HOUTHIS CAPTURING THE CAPITAL OF YEMEN WHICH WAS INTERVENED BY SAUDI HAS LED TO SEVERAL ATTACKS
WHO ARE HOUTHIS AND WHO IS ITS LEADER?
1990 FOUNDED; LEADER: HUSSEIN BADREDDIN AL-HOUTHI ( YEMEN SHIA MAJORITY)
UAE AND SAUDI CAMPAING STARTED IN _____?
2015 TO STOP THE HOTHI CONFLICT
DURING THE CONFLICT OF ARAB SPRING IN 2011 WHICH AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT WAS REMOVED AND HANDED OVER TO WHOM?
ALI ABDULLAH SALEH ; ABDRABBUH MASOUR HADI