In March 2015, when my country evacuated from Yemen, the Yemeni civil war had just broken out, and now eight years have passed, Yemen has entered the ranks of the world's least developed countries, and its per capita GDP has fallen from 1488 US dollars all the way to 676 US dollars, and life is miserable, but it is such a country, its internal tiger boys, but after a new round of conflict broke out between Palestine and Israel, it chose to take the lead in declaring war on Israel, launching missiles many times, and bombing Israel with drones, which not only restrained Israel's energy, but also refreshed everyone's perception of this country, why should the Yemeni Houthis be tough on Israel, and his self-confidence comes from **?
Yemen is located in the southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula and covers an area of about 5280,000 square kilometers, population of about 32.98 million, is one of the larger countries on the peninsula, in our modern view, Yemen's geographical location is actually quite good, northwest is the Red Sea, southeast is the Gulf of Aden, ships sailing from the Suez Canal to the Indian Ocean, must pass through, Yemen and Africa Djibouti between the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, so the Bab el-Mandeb Strait was once called the strategic heart of the world by the West, once Yemen blockades the strait, the Suez Canal will become a thorough, this dead canal, 20,000 merchant ships per year, will also have to go around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, but it is not difficult to see from the map that Yemen's international status is given by the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the status of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait was given by the Suez Canal.
Therefore, before the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, Yemen actually had no sense of existence at all, Yemen before the 18th century was located in the deepest part of the Arabian Peninsula, the Mesopotamian Plain, the Nile Plain and other rich places in the Middle East are 2,000 kilometers away, separated by the Lub-khali Desert, the Dahna Desert, the Inner Desert and other vast deserts, is the edge of the Middle East, feasible land passages, almost only along the southwest edge of the Arabian Peninsula, through Mecca and Medina's Han to Shang Island and go to the Red Sea, although it can also go directly to Egypt, but before the Suez Canal was opened, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait was also called the gate of tiredness by the locals, narrow and crowdedThe accident rate is extremely high, and the shortest distance from the African continent is only 30 kilometers from the north.
In ancient times, Yemen was more of an African country, and Ethiopia, Somalia, etc. Exchanges are very frequent, food and clothing do not worry, so the barbarians do not care, under the rule of the Arab Empire and the Ottoman Empire, living an indisputable tribal life, but from the 18th century, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, in 1789, the British occupied the Yemeni island of Pirin, between the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, in 1839, the British used this as a springboard to occupy Aden, and then annexed more than 30 Yemen chieftaincy tribes, established Adenburgh, after the end of World War II, Britain took the opportunity to take the six sultanates of Yemen, which is the prototype of South Yemen in the future。
In 1967, after the withdrawal of Britain from Yemen, after a long period of separation, it has actually become two countries, North Yemen is located in the northwest, with Sana'a as the capital, and is not British ** The part of the occupation, and South Yemen is the coastal city, is the northern capital of Aden, like the two Germanys, North and South Yemen have also been supported by the Soviet Union and the United States, the two sides are 1 degree of the same fire, military conflicts continue, but in 1990, affected by the easing of the world situation, North and South Yemen finally merged into one country, the establishment of the Republic Xi of Yemen, the capital of Sana'a, merger is only the first step, the two countries have been separated for decades, religion and customs, ideology, and even Xi habits have large differences, so to be able to smoothly pass the run-in period, is the key to long-term reunification, but unfortunately Yemen lacks the necessary Middle East lubricant, that is, oil。
Middle Eastern countries are known for their abundant oil, such as Saudi Arabia's oil reserves of 266 billion barrels, ranking second in the world, Iran 137 billion barrels, ranking third in the world, and even Oman in the northeast of Yemen has oil reserves of 5.4 billion barrels, and Yemen is far away from the Persian Gulf, until 1993 was an oil-poor country, oil is money, so at the beginning of Yemen's merger, per capita GDP was only about 422 US dollars, while Saudi Arabia was 734049 US dollars at the same time, Oman was 6475 US dollars, a difference of more than ten times, the neighboring countries are so rich, Yemeni people will inevitably have a psychological gap, and without money, they will not be able to develop industry, let alone implement large-scale welfareAs a result, the situation in Yemen has been very unstable, and North and South Yemen have always retained their respective armies and refused to merge.
The embarrassing thing is that in 1993, as the explorers discovered a large number of oil fields in the eastern province of Hadramao in the former South Yemen, the newly explored oil reserves in Yemen became higher and higher, reaching 4 billion barrels, and then the original South Yemen was unwilling, the oil was all on our side, and there was so little oil in the north, why should we share the money together, just like that, in 1994, the civil war broke out in the north and south, and the war soon ended with the victory of North Yemen, and at the same time, in this war, the Houthis rose, Hussein, the Houthis are the leader of a branch of Shiism, and he has considerable influence in North Yemen, and he participated in the time** Saleh's judgment, but he could not accept the barbarism, 40% of the population was below the poverty line, and believed that a theocratic republic like Iran should be established, so in 2004, the Houthis launched a rebellion in Saada province, which resulted in defeat and death, and after suffering a blow, the Houthis hibernate for ten years.
In 2014, the Houthis suddenly rose to prominence and revived, not only capturing the capital Sana'a, but also placing the then ** under house arrest for a time Hadi has become one of the most powerful armed forces in the Shiite fox, Saudi Arabia saw that the backyard was on fire, and immediately united with Egypt and other Arab countries in 2015 to form a ten-nation coalition, intending to eliminate the Houthis in one fell swoop, it has been proved that this military operation called the decisive storm is neither decisive nor as fierce as the storm, after seven years of fighting, the Houthis have become stronger and stronger, from a light and rudimentary army, to a powerful military organization with hundreds of thousands of troops, a large number of tanks and warplanes, and missiles with a range of thousands of kilometers, seeing that the military spending is like water, Saudi Arabia can not hold on, and choose to negotiate peace with the Houthis in 2022At present, the situation in Yemen is still very complicated, with the Houthis, the Saudi coalition, the Hadi ** army, the Southern Transitional Council, extremist groups, etc. clashing with each other, and Iran and the United States are also secretly competing
In addition, the economic situation in Yemen is not optimistic, with more than 4,500,000 out of 33,000,000 people** There are nearly 10,000,000 people who can't get enough to eat, but in the large scope of Iran-Saudi reconciliation, the barbaric situation is becoming more and more stable, and it is because of this that the Houthis will choose to help their Arab brothers, threatening war, causing a lot of psychological pressure on the Israelis, you know, although the Yemen Tiger Boy and Israel are separated by a Saudi Arabia, but their missiles have really fallen on Israel itself, although many people say that the Yemeni Tiger Boy and Israel are tough, and they are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, but in fact, after eight years of civil war, the combat effectiveness of the Houthis may not be under Israel, Their confidence in declaring war on Israel comes precisely from the confidence of Wu Jin in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and how it will develop in the future, let's wait and see.