The following is the Aug. 5, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Yemen: Conflict Red Sea Attacks and U.S. Policy.
From the report
Yemen is a conflict-afflicted nation along the strategic Bab al Mandab Strait, one of the world’s most active shipping lanes. Since 2015, a civil war has pitted the Iran-backed Houthi movement against Yemen’s internationally recognized government, its backers, and other anti-Houthi forces. Foreign intervention complicates the conflict, which has...
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