What's actually happening in Yemen?

What's happened since then? Media playback is unsupported on your device. Media captionThe Saudi bombing of a funeral using US weapons killed 140 people in October. read more

International forces are rallying around Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen in an effort to reinstate ousted president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. Update 4/21/15: The Saudi government announced it would end the bombing campaign today, saying they had achieved their military objectives and would now focus on a political solution. read more

The crisis in Yemen is a Shia-sunni conflict which keeps happening in the region. It is a part of larger Saudi-Iran hostility. As the rebels in Yemen are Shias, Saudi has jumped into the conflict to help the ruling Sunni government. read more

The following is a basic primer on what's happening in Yemen. If you're already caught up on that, you can also skip straight to advice on how to follow the latest developments in real time. The basics: Yemen is a mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country on the Arabian peninsula. read more

The crisis in Yemen as of April 17, 2015. Green represents territory controlled by Houthis and Saleh loyalists. Red represents territory Controlled by Hadi loyalists and the Southern Movement. Grey represents territory controlled by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penninsula forces. read more

To understand Yemen current conflict you need to look to its history, Yemen since the revolution on the Zaidiyyah Imam in 1962 the dynasty who ruled Yemen for centuries had several president who claim to be democratic but they only reached power by military coup the previous president until Ali A. Saleh in 1978 who was able to maintain power but he was untrustworthy tyrant. read more

by Harun Elbinawi, Yemen officially known as the Republic of Yemen, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. read more