#YemenTravel

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Red Zone

"The situation in Yemen and the surrounding maritime areas presented serious risks of assassination, abduction, and piracy. The entirety of Yemeni territory was classified as a red zone, and it was strongly advised against traveling there. Al-Qaeda was active in the Arabian Peninsula and particularly targeted foreign nationals. Two hundred foreigners had been kidnapped over the past fifteen years. Foreign nationals were therefore urged to abandon any plans to travel to Yemen. The waters south of the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden were the scene of frequent attacks on civilian and military vessels. Acts of maritime piracy, including hostage-taking, were common. At-risk maritime areas included the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the southern Red Sea. Clearly, it was not the right time to come to Aden. The country was at war, one of those endless wars that had torn the country apart since its inception. Yemen, one of the oldest cradles of civilization in the Middle East, had existed for millennia. It had been the kingdom of Saba, then Hadramaut, Qataban, and Ma'in. The region had prospered under Himyarite domination, with trade extending to East Africa. Then the arrival of Islam had changed everything. Yemeni tribes had played a significant role in the Islamic conquests. The Abbasids had given way to the Ayyubids, Ziyadids, Sulayhids, Rassoulids, Tahirids, Zayidis, and then the Ottomans, against whom Henry de Monfreid had intrigued on behalf of France. The rivalry between North Yemen and South Yemen was the seed of a series of political troubles and conflicts, culminating in the civil war of 1994. This rivalry had been exacerbated by Ottoman dominance in the north, against Aden and the southern territories under British rule. Once again, the British had sown discord before withdrawing in 1967, once nationalist passions had reached a boiling point. Since then, despite the attempt at unification in 1990, the country had not found itself. Yemen had become a land of internal strife, prey to foreign interventions that elicited resistance movements in return. In 2011, the Arab Spring, concocted by the CIA, had finally swept Yemen away. The assumption of duties by the US Ambassador to Tunis, Joey R. Hood, after the end of the second round of legislative elections in Tunisia, and the visit to Tunisia by the CIA Director in Libya and Egypt were part of the plan to destabilize the Middle East, with the help of the Islamist Brotherhood. The "Arab Spring" was a reconfiguration of the region orchestrated by the American administration. The Middle East Briefing (MEB) organization, relying on a declassified report from the US State Department dated October 22, 2010, demonstrated the involvement of the White House in these revolutions that had shaken the entire Middle East and North Africa. The CIA had worked deeply with non-governmental organizations through its "Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)" to finance and catalyze "change in the region." The Obama administration had been at the forefront, sparing no effort to succeed in its interference in the internal affairs of targeted countries. William B. Taylor, Special Coordinator for Transitions in the Middle East, led this destabilization project, the same one that had prepared the "orange revolution" in Ukraine... Yemen had been targeted, along with Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, and Syria. Since the civil war of 2015, the country had been plunged into chaos. The Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, had seized control of the capital, Sana'a, and overthrown the government of Hadi. In response, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia had launched a military campaign to restore Hadi. Millions of people had been displaced, famine and cholera were ravaging the country. In short, the country was dying because of bastards who had decided to destroy the world from Washington.

I had taken off from Cairo on Yemenia Airways flight IY603, which was supposed to land me at Aden Airport."

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A Different Side To Travel: A Journey Through Yemen

Discover the hidden gems of Yemen on this captivating journey through its untouched landscapes. A different side to travel awaits you.