Editing Arabian Peninsula (section)

====2014 Yemen civil war====
{{main|Yemeni civil war (2014–present)}}

The [[Arab Spring]] reached Yemen in January 2011.<ref>BBC World News, Arab Uprising:Country by Country -Yemen</ref> People of Yemen took to the street demonstrating against three decades of rule by President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]].<ref>Cornell University Library. Arab Spring:A Research & Study Guide:Yemen guides. library.cornell.edu. Last Updated: May 9, 2019</ref> The demonstration led to cracks in the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and Saleh's Sanhani clan.<ref>Britannica.com. "Yemen Uprising of 2011–12". Written By:The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica.</ref> Saleh used tactics of concession and violence to save his presidency.<ref>University Library. University of Illinois at Urbana-champaign. guides.library.edu. Arab Spring Workshop:Yemen</ref> After numerous attempts, Saleh accepted the Gulf Cooperation Council's mediation. He eventually handed power to Vice President Hadi, who was sworn in as President of Yemen on 25 February 2012. Hadi launched a national dialogue to address new constitutional, political and social issues. The [[Houthi movement]], dissatisfied with the outcomes of the national dialogue, [[Houthi takeover in Yemen|launched an offensive]] and stormed the Yemeni capital Sanaa on 21 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/23/how-the-houthis-did-it-yemen-hadi-arab-spring/|first=Laura|last=Kasinof|title=How the Houthis Did It|date=2015|website=Foreign Policy|access-date=15 February 2015|archive-date=30 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330021054/https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/23/how-the-houthis-did-it-yemen-hadi-arab-spring/|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, Saudi Arabia launched a [[Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war|military intervention in Yemen]] in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wintour |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Wintour |date=3 September 2019 |title=UK, US and France may be complicit in Yemen war crimes – UN report |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/uk-us-and-france-may-be-complicit-in-yemen-war-crimes-un-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022141109/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/uk-us-and-france-may-be-complicit-in-yemen-war-crimes-un-report |archive-date=22 October 2019 |access-date=17 May 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> The civil war and subsequent military intervention and [[blockade of Yemen|blockade]] caused a [[Famine in Yemen (2016–present)|famine in Yemen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/31/opinion/columnists/yemen-famine-cholera.html|title=The Photos the U.S. and Saudi Arabia Don't Want You to See|first=Nicholas|last=Kristof|date=31 August 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=17 May 2020|archive-date=31 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831091519/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/31/opinion/columnists/yemen-famine-cholera.html|url-status=live}}</ref>