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| Foreign Interests and Armed Conflict in Yemen
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Ameen Mohammed Ali Alabsi, Abeera Odetha Katuramu, Moreen Twikirize
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Abstract:
This paper aimed at examining the impact of foreign interests in the armed conflict in Yemen. Descriptive correlational research design was used where it employed both quantitative and qualitative approaches to aid in collection of quality data. The target population of the paper was 120 individuals and it comprised of 11 Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yemen, 12 Iranian delegates in Yemen, 10 Saudi Arabian delegates in Yemen, 5 UAE delegates in Yemen, 30 Political analysts in Yemen and 52 Peasants representatives in Yemen (Conflict Hit areas).The sample size of the paper consists of 92 of target population as calculated by Slovene's formula (1978) and was determined through purposive and random sampling methods. The paper found a strong and positive significant relationship between Government Forces backed by Saudi-led coalition and Yemen Armed Conflict. There is strong and positive significant relationship with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.686 and its significance stood at 0.000. This shows that it rejects hypothesis and thus indicating a strong and positive significant relationship between Houthi Armed Groups backed by Iran and Yemen Armed Conflict. The conclusion that Saudi Arabia's interest in Yemen began in the early 1920s with attempts to control Yemen's myriad tribes and secure its outer borders was drawn. In 1948, Saudi Arabia provided aid to Imam Ahmed fearing the "constitutional" republicans' revolts uprising in Yemen and in 1994 Saudi provided support to the southern separates to divide again the country after the unification in 1990. It further concludes that the UAE has been a dominant partner in the coalition Saudi Arabia assembled following an official request by Yemen's internationally recognized government to help it avoid a Houthi takeover, but UAE plays a forceful role on the ground and its allies in the south of Yemen. Finally the paper recommends that, more channels of communication must be opened with newly emergent actors and those traditionally marginalized by Yemen's political establishment. It also recommends that there should also be a focus on preserving what remains of state institutions.
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