Umongameli wase-US u-Barack Obama uye wathembisa inkxaso kumanyano kunye nokuzinza kwe-Yemen, kwaye uye wanikela ngokunceda ilizwe lase-Gulf ekulweni nobunqolobi, i-arhente yeendaba ye-Saba esemthethweni yelizwe ibike ngoMvulo.
"Ukhuseleko lwaseYemen lubalulekile kukhuseleko lwase-United States," i-arhente yeendaba ye-Saba yacaphuna u-Obama esitsho kwileta ethunyelwe kuMongameli waseYemeni u-Ali Abdullah Saleh ngeCawa nguJohn Bernnan, uMncedisi woKhuseleko lweLizwe kunye nokuNqanda ubunqolobi.
Kule leta, u-Obama uthembise ukunceda iYemen "ekujonganeni nemingeni yophuhliso kunye nokuxhasa iinzame zohlaziyo," nge-International Monetary Fund (IMF), iBhanki yehlabathi (WB) kunye nabanye abaxhasi kunye namazwe ebhunga lentsebenziswano yeGulf.
U-Obama uphinde "wayincoma intsebenziswano phakathi kwala mazwe mabini anobuhlobo kwinkalo yokulwa nobunqolobi," kwaye wachaza ukuba "umbutho we-Al-Qaeda sisisongelo esiqhelekileyo kwaye uyingozi kumntu wonke," yongeza ingxelo.
I-Yemen, ilizwe elihlwempuzekileyo elikumazantsi encam ye-Arabia, ngoku lisilwa imvukelo yamaShiite emantla, intshukumo eyomelezayo eyahlulahlula emazantsi, kunye nomkhosi we-al-Qaeda osanda kuqinisa ilizwe lonke.
Abavukeli beShiite, ababizwa ngokuba ngamaHuthis emva komphathi wabo ongasekhoyo uHussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi, basebenza kwindawo yabo enqatyisiweyo eSaada kwiintaba ezisemantla. AmaHuthi akwimvukelo emantla yeYemen ukuze abuyisele i-imamate ye-Zaidi eyabhukuqwa kubhukuqo-mbuso ngo-1962.
AmaHuthi angamalungu ehlelo lamaShiite Zaydi kwaye ngoku akhokelwa nguAbdul Malik, umntakwabo Hussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi owabulawa kunye neqela labalandeli bakhe ngo-2004 kumlo nomkhosi waseYemeni kunye namapolisa.
Ukongeza kwabavukeli beShiite, iYemen ijongene nentshukumo eyomelezayo yokwahlulahlula kummandla wayo osemazantsi, apho abaninzi bakhalaza ngocalucalulo. Umbutho wozahlulo uye wakhula kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, xa ababesakuba ngamagosa omkhosi wasezantsi bafuna intlawulo ephezulu yomhlalaphantsi emva kokunyanzeliswa ukuba bathathe umhlala-phantsi.
Ummandla osemantla nosemazantsi eYemen yayingamazwe amabini ahlukeneyo de amanyana ngowe-1990. Noko ke, kwaqhambuka imfazwe yamakhaya kwiminyaka nje emi-4 emva komanyano xa umzantsi wazama ukungaphumeleli ukuqhekeka.
IYemen ikwabonele uthotho lohlaselo oluchasene nabakhenkethi bangaphandle kunye nabasentshona kutsha nje. Uhlaselo, oluphenjelelwa ikakhulu ziinkokeli ze-al-Qaeda ukuba zihlasele abakhenkethi abangengawo amaSilamsi eYemen, luchaphazele kakubi ukhenketho kwilizwe lama-Arabhu elihlwempuzekileyo.
Ngo-Matshi, abakhenkethi abane baseMzantsi Korea kunye nesikhokelo sabo sase-Yemeni babulawa kuhlaselo lwebhombu kwisixeko sembali saseShibam kwiPhondo laseHadramawt. Emva kwexesha, uhlaselo lwebhombu lokuzibulala lujolise kwi-convoy ethwele iqela laseKorea elithunyelwe ukuba liyokuphanda ngohlaselo lweShibam, kodwa akukho mntu wenzakalayo kolu gqabhuko-dubulo. Ukulandela uhlaselo, uMzantsi Korea ucebise abemi bayo ukuba bayishiye iYemen.
