We conclude our long series on Global Conflicts under the radar focused on Yemen with this Part XLI. Yemen’s conflicts, local and regional, have a long history, rooted in centuries-long colonialism, inter-tribal rivalries, ancient to modern fights over its gold mines and coffee, to name a few. Modern colonialism in Yemen itself is at least over 5 centuries old, first under the Ottoman empire, then partly under the British, then under tribal elitist monarchies, until South Yemen started a tryst with socialism, much to the dismay of its imperialist oil monarchist neighbors and their western overlords. They ensured that Yemen was constantly in turmoil so that its democratic, socialist ambitions were always foreshadowed by violence on political or religious ideologies. So Yemen remained the poorest country in the middle east despite its vast natural resources which included even oil & gas. All these largely went under the radar of global conflicts until recently in 2015 when Saudi-led coalition of western proxies started bombarding this nation that was barely on its knees, despite being independent since late 1960s.
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