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Tribal Factors in Yemen’s Political Crisis
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Pages: 77-88+118
Year: Issue:  6
Journal: Arab World Studies

Keyword:  Yemen CrisisHouthi ForcesTribesHashid Tribal Confederation;
Abstract: In Yemen’s political crisis at the end of 2014,fierce clashes broke out betw een Houthi rebels and governmental forces. Tribal forces,separatist forces in Southern M ovement and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula are all involved. Currently,most scholars in academic circles analyze this crisis from the perspective of sectarian conflict. This paper holds that this crisis highlights the unstable cyclical phenomenon of Yemen,and the imbalance among tribal political forces is the deep-rooted cause of the turbulence. In this political turbulence,w ith the invasion of the Houthi rebels,the emergence of the internal conflicts in Hashid tribal confederation,and the terrorist organizations utilizing tribal forces,tribal factors have all played an important role.
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