Yemen

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The Republic of Yemen was formed in 1990 by the unification of South Yemen (a Marxist state) and North Yemen (a reactionary absolute monarchy that turned into a conservative republic). A brief civil war in 1994 after Southerners were ejected from the national unity government brought the country under the dictatorial rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh, who after a protracted popular struggle was forced to resign in 2012. The country is torn by both Islamist and southern separatist insurgencies, and the central government exercises little authority in tribal areas, much like the situation in Afghanistan.

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