The Republic of Yemen bud from the ashes of two independent states, North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic) and South Yemen (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen), in 1990. 'Ali 'Abd Allah Saleh was the first President of a unified state. Despite the existence of one single country, infighting has been affecting stability in Yemen since its birth: it first survived secessionist efforts in 1994 and then, ten years later, clashes burst out between government troops and followers of Shiite religious leader Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi.
Many questions could be easily raised regarding the incident in Paris. Yet, the major questions are related to the consequences of this incident that comes in a very critical moment of shaping a new strategy of combatting terrorism. It is possible to consider Paris attacks as a smaller version of New york Sept 11th . However, Paris incident can not be compared to New york, but it is enough to think of launching a second version of Fighting terrorism where France will have a leading role. This might lead us to expect some of possible consequences or French reactions to the brutal attacks.
SAccording to Reuters news agency, at least 35 Al-Qaeda’s militants were killed in two UAV strikes (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) carried out on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 in Yemen[1]. These new strikes are part of the ongoing campaign against international terrorism that the United States are managing in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Washington hasn’t commented the fact yet but it is almost impossible to rule US involvement out: these attacks are likely to be the White House response to the AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabic Peninsula) attempt to gather about 100 militants in Yemen as testified by a video broadcasted by the CNN[2].
The words of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is our cue to try to understand the issues that animate the sectarian nature of politics, but not only, Middle Eastern.
King Abdullah , referring to Iran , according to data from WikiLeaks , expressed himself in these terms: " God prevent us from falling victim to their evil" and added that Washington should " cut off the head of the snake".
On August 2, the U.S. State Department has launched a worldwide alert about the possibility of terrorist attacks from al Qaeda against U.S. personnel in the Middle East and North Africa. The "serious and credible threats" reached U.S. intelligence have led to the announcement of the closure on 4 August of diplomatic offices in 18 countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Libya, Jordan , Qatar, Mauritania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sudan and Yemen. Great Britain will similarly with the closure of the embassy in Yemen, as well as Germany and France.
