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What Kind of Yemen?

In these days when the different sides are breaking away from one

another, Yemen is experiencing the calm before the storm. The storm
may break at any moment when the sides conclude that they are strong
enough. Once it has broken, we will be confronted by a Yemen in three
parts; a Houthi region based in Sana'a, a Sunni region based in Aden
and Southern Yemen around Al Mukalla or perhaps
some other city.
Although Yemen is not yet officially divid-

ed into three parts administratively, it is men-
tally and politically already divided. If that
division is made official, the three coun-
tries that emerge will be even poorer than

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