 The Yemeni Crisis yakatanga ne 2011-12 revolution inopesana naPurezidhendi Ali Abdullah Saleh, uyo akatungamira Yemen kweanopfuura makumi maviri emakore. Mushure mekunge Saleh abva pachigaro mukutanga kwa2012 sechikamu chechibvumirano chakaitwa pakati pehurumende yeYemen nemapoka anopikisa, hurumende inotungamirwa nemutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika, VaAbd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, vakaedza kubatanidza zvematongerwo enyika munyika uye kudzivirira kutyisidzira kubva kuAl Qaeda muArabia Peninsula uye maHouthi mauto aive achirwisa kupandukira kwakareba kuchamhembe.kwemakore. Muna 2014, varwi veHouthi vakapinda muguta guru reSanaa ndokumanikidza Hadi kutaurirana nehurumende yemubatanidzwa nemamwe mapato ezvematongerwo enyika. Vapanduki vakaramba vachimanikidza hurumende yakaderera kusvikira, mushure mekunge imba yake yemutungamiri wenyika neimba yake yekugara yarwiswa neboka remagandanga, Hadi akasiya basa pamwe nemakurukota ake muna Ndira 2015. Mwedzi wakatevera, vaHuthi vakazvizivisa kuti ndivo vaitonga hurumende, vachiparadza Paramende uye vachigadza komiti yepakati yeRevolution inotungamirwa naMohamed Ali al-Houthi, hama yemutungamiri weHouthi Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. Zvisinei, Hadi akatizira kuAden, uko akataura kuti akanga achiri purezidhendi weYemen wepamutemo, akazivisa guta guru renyika kwenguva pfupi, uye akadaidza vakuru vehurumende vakavimbika uye nhengo dzechiuto kuti dzibatane naye. 