R43960Foreign Affairs

Yemen: Civil War and Regional Intervention

Federal & State Law Editorial TeamLast reviewed: July 2026

March 26, 2015

Summary

This report provides material on the latest crisis in Yemen and the U.S. policy response. Yemen's internationally backed transition government, which replaced the regime of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2012, appears to have fully collapsed.

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