yemen is an oil and gas rich country, its population is larger than the population of eritrea, djibudi and somalia, and has relatively larger and more developed ports near bubble mandab, including in aiden, dubab and mokka. we are basically interested in yemen because... of counter terrorism, because of trade roots through the red sea and because of very significant income from arms sales to those who are party to the conflict, so at the same time that we appore the terrible human cost on the ground, our governments are continuing to support those who are party to the conflict and continuing to sell them weapons which being used in yemen. since the beginning of the 20th century, yemen has... in the scene of many military and political developments. britain, which was yemen's protectorate since the previous century and the soviet union as a leader of the eastern block wielded the most influence in the country. since yemen's civil war in the 1960s and partitioning of the country into northern and southern parts, the soviet leaders recognized the socialist governments of south yemen and g