Timeline: Ten years from uprising, Yemen lies fractured and hungry


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 Jan 2021

Women walk at the 'Change Square' outside Sanaa University's gate where pro-democracy protesters camped during the uprising against the rule of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

DUBAI (Reuters) - Ten years ago Yemenis rose up against corruption and economic hardship, and demanded a more accountable and inclusive government. The country fractured politically and is now stuck in a war that has created what the United Nations describes as the world's biggest humanitarian crisis.

The following is a timeline of Yemen's slide into conflict.

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