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What is the size of Yemen? (2024)

262 points · 91 comments · kspacewalk2

walrus01 · 1790491413 · focus · HN ↗
I think a more important question is whether Yemen still exists as as single coherent political entity with the same borders as seen on ANY of those maps, which given the present situation, it clearly does not.
edit: map here <a href="https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-september-25-2026/" rel="nofollow">https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-updat...
and here: <a href="https://yemen.liveuamap.com/" rel="nofollow">https://yemen.liveuamap.com/
1. throwaway27448 · 1790494056 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. throwaway198846 · 1790496734 · focus · HN ↗
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    Ambolia · 1790499368 · focus · HN ↗
    The current Minister of Defence of the Houthi government is Sunni.
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Atifi" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Atifi
    throwaway198846 · 1790505110 · focus · HN ↗
    I did consider writing (Shia) instead of Shia but I still think it is mistake from a long term perspective due to previous history between shia and sunni.

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