Manoylo A.V. Battlefield Yemen

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the analysis of the current state and dynamics of the Yemen conflict. The goal of the research is to give the characteristics of the interests and specificity of the conflict behavior of the direct participants of the civil war in Yemen – Houthi rebels, supporters of the former President Hadi, Saudi Arabia; as well as indirect participants – the United States and Iran. The object of this research is the armed conflict (civil war and foreign intervention) in Yemen. The subject is the goals, interests, and motives of the conflict behavior of the direct and indirect participants of the armed conflict in Yemen. The author gives attention to the peculiarities of the confrontation between various sides in the Yemen conflict. The goals and tasks pursued in the civil war by the Houthi leaders (among which there are leaders of non-Shiite descent – sheikhs of the Sunni tribes who have joined the rebels) substantially differ in opinion with the world and even Russian mass media, and the confessional factor in this confrontation does not play a defining role (although is present, nevertheless). Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, entrenched in the south of Yemen having proclaimed the supremacy of the “Islamic State”, acts in this conflict as the adversary to both Houthis, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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