Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256329 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 6/2015
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
On 22 January 2015 the Yemeni president and government resigned in protest at their own political powerlessness. The transitional process initiated in 2011 has failed. The Houthis, a rebel movement from northern Yemen, reject the federal division of the country as stipulated in the draft constitution of January 2015, and have seized control of state institutions by force of arms. Opposition to the movement is growing, particularly in central and southern Yemen. Meanwhile Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) risks gaining in strength. Germany and its European partners must urge all parties to the conflict to find a political solution, in an effort to counteract the ongoing fragmentation of the State and prevent further escalation of the violence. (SWP Comments)
Document Type: 
Research Report

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