Editing Politics of Yemen (section)

=== Yemeni uprising ===
{{main article|Yemeni revolution}}
[[File:Yemen protest2.jpg|thumb|Protesters in Sana'a on 3 February.]]
The [[2011 Yemeni protests]] followed the initial stages of the [[Arab Spring]] and began simultaneously with the [[2011 Egyptian revolution|Egyptian Revolution]]. The protests were initially against unemployment, economic conditions, and corruption, as well as against the government's proposals to modify the [[constitution of Yemen]]. The protestors' demands then escalated to calls for President [[Ali Abdullah Saleh]] to resign.

The situation however quickly deteriorated into a widescale [[2011 Yemeni uprising|uprising]], with various insurgency campaigns consolidating into armed struggles, both between the armed opposition and terror groups vs. the government and among themselves. Eventually, a Saudi-brokered agreement on Saleh's resignation and [[Yemeni presidential election, 2012|2012 Presidential election]] saw the installation of [[Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi]] as an interim President. Hadi has been presiding over political reform and national reconciliation and was supposed to serve only two years in the post. In November 2013 U.N. envoy Jamal Benomar told The [[Associated Press]] Hadi will remain president after February 2014 because the transition is not likely to be completed earlier due to "obstruction" from former regime loyalists.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/yemen-envoy-transition-years-20926722| title =Yemen UN Envoy: Transition Will Be Beyond 2 Years| work =[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]| access-date = 18 November 2013}}</ref>