UMengameli waseMelika uBarack Obama uthembise ukweseka ubumbano nokuzinza kweYemen, futhi usethembise ukusiza izwe laseGulf ekulweni nobushokobezi, kubika abezindaba zeSaba ngoMsombuluko.
"Ukuphepha kweYemen kubalulekile ekuvikelekeni kwe-United States," isikhungo sezindaba iSaba sicaphune u-Obama esho kanje encwadini ayithumele kuMongameli waseYemeni u-Ali Abdullah Saleh ngeSonto nguJohn Bernnan, uMsizi Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya kanye Nokulwa nobushokobezi.
Encwadini, u-Obama uthembise ukusiza iYemen “ekubhekaneni nezinselelo zentuthuko kanye nokweseka imizamo yokuletha izinguquko,” nge-International Monetary Fund (IMF), iBhange Lomhlaba (WB) nabanye abaxhasi kanye nezifunda zomkhandlu wokubambisana waseGulf.
U-Obama uphinde "wancoma ubudlelwano obukhona phakathi kwamazwe amabili anobungane emkhakheni wokulwa nobushokobezi," futhi waveza ukuthi "inhlangano ye-Al-Qaeda iwusongo oluvamile futhi iyingozi kuwo wonke umuntu," kusho umbiko.
I-Yemen, okuyisizwe esimpofu esisemaphethelweni aseningizimu yenhlonhlo ye-Arabia, okwamanje ilwa nokuvukela kwamaShiite enyakatho, inhlangano eqinisa ukwehlukana eningizimu, kanye neqembu le-al-Qaeda elisanda kuqinisa izwe lonke.
Amavukelambuso amaShiite, aziwa ngokuthi amaHuthis ngemuva komkhuzi wawo ongasekho u-Hussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi, asebenzela endaweni yawo eqinile eSaada ezintabeni ezisenyakatho ekude. AmaHuthi asekuhlubukeni enyakatho yeYemen ukuze abuyisele i-Zaidi imamate eyaketulwa ngesikhathi kuketulwa umbuso ngo-1962.
AmaHuthi angaphansi kwehlelo lamaShiite Zaydi futhi njengamanje aholwa ngu-Abdul Malik, umfowabo kaHussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi owabulawa kanye nedlanzana labalandeli bakhe ngo-2004 empini namasosha aseYemeni namaphoyisa.
Ngaphandle kwamavukela mbuso eShiite, iYemen ibhekene nenhlangano eqinisa ukuhlukana phakathi esifundeni sayo esiseningizimu, lapho abaningi bekhala khona ngokucwaswa. Inhlangano elwela ukwehlukana yathola umfutho eminyakeni embalwa edlule, lapho ababeyizikhulu zamasosha aseningizimu befuna ukunyuselwa impesheni ngemva kokuphoqwa ukuba bathathe umhlalaphansi.
Izifunda ezisenyakatho neziseningizimu yeYemen zazingamazwe amabili ahlukene kwaze kwaba yilapho zihlangana ngo-1990. Nokho, kwagqashuka impi yombango ngemva nje kweminyaka emine ihlangene lapho iNingizimu izama ukugqashula ngaphandle kwempumelelo.
I-Yemen iphinde yabona uchungechunge lokuhlaselwa kwezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe kanye nabasentshonalanga esikhathini esidlule. Lokhu kuhlasela, okudalwe kakhulu yizingcingo zabaholi be-al-Qaeda zokuhlasela izivakashi ezingewona amaMuslim eYemen, kube nomthelela omubi kwezokuvakasha kuleli zwe lama-Arab elimpofu.
NgoMashi, izivakashi ezine zaseNingizimu Korea kanye nomqondisi wazo waseYemeni babulawa ekuhlaselweni kwebhomu edolobheni elingokomlando laseShibam esifundazweni saseHadramawt. Kamuva, ukuhlasela kwebhomu lokuzibulala kwakuqondise ohambeni olwaluthwele ithimba laseKorea elithunyelwe ukuyophenya ngokuhlaselwa kukaShibam, kodwa akekho owalimala kulokhu kuqhuma. Ngemuva kwalokhu kuhlasela, iSouth Korea yeluleke izakhamizi zayo ukuthi zihambe eYemen.
