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What Kind of Yemen?

been actively present in Yemen since the 1990s, all brought the country

to the point of collapse. Social and ideological unrest since August
2014, domestic conflicts and uprisings aimed at removing the president
once more led to Yemen appearing on the global agenda.
The absence of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and Prime
Minister Khalid Mahfuz Bahhah, who left office with the Houthi upris-
ing, has led to enormous political uncertainty in the country. Under the
constitution, the speaker of the parliament should deputize for the

president, a date for new elections should be set within 60 days and a
new president should be elected within 90 days. However, Parliament
has still not met after the resignations, and this is heightening the polit-
ical uncertainty. The Houthis, depicted as responsible for the tension in
the country as a whole and accused of carrying out a coup, recently
said that they will declare a constitution that will shape the adminis-

Yemen's traditional clothes

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