Yemenia Flight 448 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight piloted by Captain Amer Anis from Sana ' a to al-Hudaydah , Yemen , that was hijacked on 23 January 2001 .

The Yemenia Yemen Airways Boeing 727-2N8 departed Departing Sana ' a International Airport bound for a stopover at Taiz-Al Janad Airport , Ta'izz .

The passengers included Cause_to_be_included the United States Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine , US Deputy Chief of Mission to Yemen , and the Yemeni Ambassador to the US .

The passengers included Cause_to_be_included the United States Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine , US Deputy Chief of Mission to Yemen , and the Yemeni Ambassador to the US .

He was extradited Extradition to Yemen , and sentenced Legal_rulings to 15 years in prison in March 2001 .

Saudi-led intervention Attack in Yemen also called Name_conferral the Arab coalition ( ) is an invasion Attack that was launched by Saudi Arabia in 2015 , leading a coalition of nine countries from the Middle East and Africa , in response Response to calls Request from the internationally recognized Know pro-Saudi president of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi for military support after he was ousted Change_of_leadership by the Houthi movement due Causation to economic and political grievances , and fled Escaping to Saudi Arabia .

Saudi-led intervention Attack in Yemen also called Name_conferral the Arab coalition ( ) is an invasion Attack that was launched by Saudi Arabia in 2015 , leading a coalition of nine countries from the Middle East and Africa , in response Response to calls Request from the internationally recognized Know pro-Saudi president of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi for military support after he was ousted Change_of_leadership by the Houthi movement due Causation to economic and political grievances , and fled Escaping to Saudi Arabia .

The intervention initially consisted Forming_relationships of a bombing Attack campaign on Houthi rebels and later saw Self_motion a naval blockade and the deployment Arranging of ground forces Military_operation into Yemen .

The Saudi-led coalition has attacked Attack the positions of the Houthi militia , and loyalists of the former President of Yemen , Ali Abdullah Saleh , allegedly supported Supporting by Iran ( see Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Violence ) .

The US and Britain have deployed Arranging their military personnel in the command Control and control Control centre responsible for Saudi-led air strikes Attack on Yemen , having access to lists of targets .

The war Hostile_encounter has received Receiving widespread criticism and had a dramatic worsening effect on Yemen 's humanitarian situation , that reached Arriving the level of a `` humanitarian disaster '' or `` humanitarian catastrophe Catastrophe '' , and some have labelled Labeling it as a genocide .

In its early phase , protests in Yemen were initially against unemployment , economic conditions and corruption , as well as against the government 's proposals Convincing to modify Change Yemen 's constitution .

In its early phase , protests in Yemen were initially against unemployment , economic conditions and corruption , as well as against the government 's proposals Convincing to modify Change Yemen 's constitution .

A major demonstration Social_event of over 16,000 protesters took place Process_start in Sanaʽa , Yemen 's capital , on 27 January .

After the third time , on 22 May , the GCC declared Expressing_publicly it was suspending its efforts to mediate in Yemen .

The crowds celebrated Social_event Saleh 's transfer of power , but Yemeni officials insisted Statement that Saleh 's absence Presence was temporary and he would soon return to Yemen to resume his duties of office .

In early July the government rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act the opposition 's demands Request , including the formation of a transitional council with the goal of formally transferring Giving power from the current administration to a caretaker government intended to oversee Yemen 's first-ever democratic elections Choosing .

A presidential election Choosing was held Hold in Yemen on 21 February 2012 , with Hadi running unopposed .

Hadi took the oath of office in Yemen 's parliament on 25 February 2012 .

The effects Influence of the Tunisian Revolution spread Dispersal strongly to five other countries : Libya , Egypt , Yemen , Syria and Bahrain , where either the regime was toppled Change_of_leadership or major uprisings Change_of_leadership and social Social_event violence Violence occurred Coming_to_be , including riots Violence , civil wars Military_operation or insurgencies Change_of_leadership .

The early hopes that these popular movements would end Process_end corruption , increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale political participation , and bring about Causation greater economic equity quickly collapsed Destroying in the wake of the counter-revolutionary moves by foreign state actors in Yemen and of the Saudi–UAE-linked military deep state in Egypt , the regional and international military interventions Response in Bahrain and Yemen , and the destructive Destroying civil wars Military_operation in Syria , Iraq , Libya and Yemen .

The early hopes that these popular movements would end Process_end corruption , increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale political participation , and bring about Causation greater economic equity quickly collapsed Destroying in the wake of the counter-revolutionary moves by foreign state actors in Yemen and of the Saudi–UAE-linked military deep state in Egypt , the regional and international military interventions Response in Bahrain and Yemen , and the destructive Destroying civil wars Military_operation in Syria , Iraq , Libya and Yemen .

The early hopes that these popular movements would end Process_end corruption , increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale political participation , and bring about Causation greater economic equity quickly collapsed Destroying in the wake of the counter-revolutionary moves by foreign state actors in Yemen and of the Saudi–UAE-linked military deep state in Egypt , the regional and international military interventions Response in Bahrain and Yemen , and the destructive Destroying civil wars Military_operation in Syria , Iraq , Libya and Yemen .

The gunmen identified Check themselves as belonging to the Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda 's branch in Yemen , which took responsibility for the attack Attack .

The Al-Qaeda insurgency Hostile_encounter in Yemen refers Name_conferral to the armed conflict between the Yemeni government with United States assistance , and al-Qaeda-affiliated cells .

Government crackdown against al-Qaeda cells began Process_start in 2001 , and reached Arriving an escalation point on 14 January 2010 , when Yemen declared Expressing_publicly open Openness war on al-Qaeda .

In addition to battling Hostile_encounter al Qaeda across several provinces , Yemen is also contending Statement with Shia insurgency in the north and militant separatists in the south .

In May 2013 , Al-Qaeda attackers Attack blew up Destroying Yemen 's main oil pipeline , halting Process_end the flow of exported crude oil .

The war Hostile_encounter began Process_start with a `` coup d'état '' carried out Action in 1962 by revolutionary Change_of_leadership republicans led by the army under the command Control of Abdullah as-Sallal , who dethroned Change_of_leadership the newly crowned Change_of_leadership Imam Muhammad al-Badr and declared Expressing_publicly Yemen a republic under his presidency .

Egypt 's commitment to the war Hostile_encounter is considered to have been detrimental to its performance in the Six-Day War of June 1967 , after which Nasser found Know it increasingly difficult to maintain Preserving his army 's involvement Participation and began Process_start to pull Hold his forces out of Yemen .

Egyptian military historians refer Name_conferral to the war Hostile_encounter in Yemen as their Vietnam .

Historian Michael Oren ( former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S ) wrote Statement that Egypt 's military adventure in Yemen was so disastrous Catastrophe that `` the imminent Vietnam War Hostile_encounter could easily have been dubbed Name_conferral America 's Yemen . ''

Historian Michael Oren ( former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S ) wrote Statement that Egypt 's military adventure in Yemen was so disastrous Catastrophe that `` the imminent Vietnam War Hostile_encounter could easily have been dubbed Name_conferral America 's Yemen . ''

Communism was abandoned GiveUp in countries such as Cambodia ( 1991 ) , Ethiopia ( 1990 ) , Mongolia ( which in 1990 democratically re-elected a Communist government that ran the country until 1996 ) and South Yemen ( 1990 ) .

After the anti-Islamic short film `` Innocence of Muslims '' was released Publishing , on September 13 , 2012 protests occurred Coming_to_be at the U.S. embassy in Sana ' a , Yemen , resulting in the deaths of four protesters and injuries to thirty-five protesters and guards .

He said Statement they learned Education_teaching to build Building explosive Attack devices from an online magazine of the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen .

Ultimately , they managed to occupy Control and control Control the coasts of Yemen , Aden and Arabia , as far north as Basra , so as to facilitate Cause_to_make_progress their trade with India and block Hindering the Portuguese from attacking the Hijaz .