I'm Yemeni American and always found it so cool to learn more about Yemen. My dad speaks so highly of it from back when he lived there and it's such a shame to see it in the state it is. Thank you for the video ❤️
@@maxiona714 German aid goes to NGOs and their lavish lifestyles with German staff in Germany getting the lion's share while GIZ in Yemen rents hotels, luxury cars and pays high wages for their staff and photographers to show that they "helped" with colorful brochures. The UN and all other NGOs do this too. Now the real German aid is weapons and bombs dropped on Yemeni children and German weapons used along with other NATO states in their sea, air and land blockade on Yemen.
Southern states of Saudi Arabia are not shia, Asir jazan and Najran are Sunni but some tribes that share the border between Saudi and Yemen are not Sunni
@@abdullelahfaiz9041 Asir, Najran, Jizan are historically Yemeni with Yemeni Arab tribes. Najran are mostly Ismaili Shia and were loyal to Sulaihi Monarchs and then Zaidis or Idrissids of Jizan.
@@alexiel4406his son, muhammad al-badr was a bad ass bro literally started firing a machine gun out of his palace when tanks attacked his palace. He manage to escape the palace through a secret exit and he was thought dead but managed to lead a war of attrition
This Yemen country is full of wars since ancient times to this day which is wildin n crazy, hope one day it will be a good and safe and develop country 🙏❤
Nice to see a vid on Cold war Yemen. Hardly anyone talks about it and most only seem to care about the Current civil war and not the first one or it's political history.
Thank you for covering Yemen! Understanding Yemen's past helps us understand its present, which is especially important with it being in the news so much in recent years.
Every episode brings new knowledge that I had no idea about. You and all the other people that work on the channel do such a great job in making the information accessible with additional great production. I really do appreciate all the effort that goes into putting something like this together.
So bloody interesting. This adds a lot of nuance to my understanding of Yemen, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Thank you kindly for sharing your research and efforts
Correction, The saudi arabian provinces of Asir and jazan are majority sunni. Najran is ismeali majority which was in conflict with zaidis religiously and historically.
Yemen has become two states since the Houthis entered Yemen, so Yemen separated except for two states, which are (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) (the Yemen Arab Republic)
It was informative and clearly explained that all events occurred in Yemen 🇾🇪 during the Cold War years. Thank you for the Cold War channel for sharing.....coldest year 1962
Wow, Americans are so insular. Before the USA got anywhere near Vietnam, France had fought a long and destructive war in Vietnam against Marxist forces. Americans really should be encouraged to at least travel to other western countries like Europe, Australia, etc to broaden their understanding of the world.
Typical western propaganda trying to disinform people about the reality. The bigest and most ironic thing about it is that the USA lost to Vietnam, but Nasser and the Yemen Arab Republic won.
This was so fascinating. Thank you for making all of these videos. American public schools never go this far into 20th century history. I had to take special classes just to learn anything about the Cold War. One of the few things I do love about the internet is that I can keep on continuing my education any time of the day or night. My husband and I homeschool our daughter, and we use your channel as a teaching resource. She's only 10 years old, but she is also becoming quite the fan of this channel as well. It started with her sudden fascination with both of the world wars, and I told her that what happened as a result of those two wars is just as wild. The Cold War can be a tricky subject because so many different nations were influenced or pulled into the conflicts at different times. You do a magnificent job of breaking it all down into bite-sized, manageable pieces. Our family can't thank you enough. 🙂❤
One edit few sources claim that asir and jazan people are shia which is false it’s depending on old sources this is in fact can be seen in taif agreement 1934 after the war which they divide the border between allegiance to the religious, najran is ismaili which is a branch of shia and they are different from zaydis they accepted ibn saud due to tribal closeness to saudis, i’m one who come from asir and i have asked many elder about this and they laughed at me, some say it’s due to back when there was a imams some where shia in asir but later years they left. 2:40
Although split by the Aden Protectorate it appears that Yemen was never a whole country processing an existing sunni/shia sectarian fault-line prior to the arrival of the British
Imperialists comes from all sorts of places in the world, it would be foolish to assume that any good can come out of it just because of the country involved is "non-western" (whatever that means).
It is interesting to note the incompetence of the Eisenhower Administration in the US. The Americans began to covertly fund and organize the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), also known as the Bagdad Pact in 1955. Then in 1956 Eisenhower forced US allies, the British and French out of Egypt during the Suez crisis. In doing so Eisenhower made Nasser, the main opponent of CENTO, a great leader of the Arabs. The US officially joined CENTO in 1958, but by that time the damage had been done, Arab nationalism was spreading fast all over the Middle East, helped along by Soviet money and weapons. Yemen was one of the countries caught in the the middle, the British left in 1967 closing Aden, the biggest port in the area and the main source of income, Yemen has never recovered.
Yemen will be Zaydi again Zaydi revivalism is in full swing in northern Yemen. Long Live Ansarallah the Houthis. And we call Yemen the graveyard for invaders
The Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism began as a result of Western countries asking Riyadh to help counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the Washington Post. Speaking to the paper, bin Salman said that Saudi Arabia's Western allies urged the country to invest in mosques and madrassas overseas during the Cold War, in an effort to prevent encroachment in Muslim countries by the Soviet Union. He added that successive Saudi governments had lost track of that effort, saying "we have to get it all back." Bin Salman also said that funding now comes mostly from Saudi-based "foundations," rather than from the government. The crown prince’s 75-minute interviewwith the Washington Post took place on March 22. "Asked about the Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism, the austere faith that is dominant in the kingdom and that some have accused of being a source of global terrorism, Mohammed said that investments in mosques and madrassas overseas were rooted in the Cold War, when allies asked Saudi Arabia to use its resources to prevent inroads in Muslim countries by the Soviet Union." Successive Saudi governments lost track of the effort, he said, and now “we have to get it all back.” Funding now comes largely from Saudi-based “foundations,” he said, rather than from the government. www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/saudi-prince-denies-kushner-is-in-his-pocket/2018/03/22/701a9c9e-2e22-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html Actually there is a war backed by the US, NATO and their Wahhabi puppets using Wahhabi terrorists against Yemen currently raging on. ISIS and al-Qaeda, according to BBC, CNN, AP and other media outlets, are used by the US and it's allies against Yemenis just like the case in Syria where they are armed and called moderate rebels and against the Soviets in Afghanistan before. Al-Qaeda using state-of-the-art US Oshkosh MRAPs against Yemenis th-cam.com/video/oMrUMQYEYAI/w-d-xo.html ...al-Qaida militants are effectively on the same side as the Saudi-led coalition - and, by extension, the United States." apnews.com/f38788a561d74ca78c77cb43612d50da/AP-investigation:-Yemen-war-binds-US,-allies,-al-Qaida The BBC has found evidence in Yemen that troops from a Saudi-led coalition force and al-Qaeda militants are both fighting Houthi rebels in a key battle. www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35630194 All this to reinstall an ousted puppet regime in a war that has killed more than 400,000 Yemenis directly and many more due to malnutrition/famine, epidemics, blocking Sana'a Int'l Airport that was the lifeline for medical treatment abroad and according to the Norwegian Refugee Council more than 86,000 patients in dire need of medical treatment die a year. This caused the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII, according to the UN, as 22 million Yemenis are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance due to the incessant bombing and sea, air and land blockade and the epidemics that the bombings and blockade caused. Read this for more context: www.yemenextra.net/2017/09/09/yemen-a-rich-starving-country-hesham-s-al-kibsi/
2:56 As a Saudi, it’s important to correct that Jizan & Asir have no Shias at all, where’s Najran is inhabited by both Sunnis & Ismaili Shias (different from Yemen’s Zaydis)
I'm Yemeni American and always found it so cool to learn more about Yemen. My dad speaks so highly of it from back when he lived there and it's such a shame to see it in the state it is. Thank you for the video ❤️
does he like his khat?
@beepboop204 lol ohhhh yea. He used to but quit a little while ago.
How does he feel about continuous German humanitarian aid to Yemen?
@@berkleystreetcapital3588 lmao just like you do right ehehehehe love the virtue signalling trolling
@@maxiona714
German aid goes to NGOs and their lavish lifestyles with German staff in Germany getting the lion's share while GIZ in Yemen rents hotels, luxury cars and pays high wages for their staff and photographers to show that they "helped" with colorful brochures. The UN and all other NGOs do this too. Now the real German aid is weapons and bombs dropped on Yemeni children and German weapons used along with other NATO states in their sea, air and land blockade on Yemen.
The Yemen king was a straight up badass for his actions during the siege. Man pulled out a sword 😂
Southern states of Saudi Arabia are not shia, Asir jazan and Najran are Sunni but some tribes that share the border between Saudi and Yemen are not Sunni
@@abdullelahfaiz9041 cool beans don’t care 😎
@@abdullelahfaiz9041 Asir, Najran, Jizan are historically Yemeni with Yemeni Arab tribes. Najran are mostly Ismaili Shia and were loyal to Sulaihi Monarchs and then Zaidis or Idrissids of Jizan.
@@alexiel4406his son, muhammad al-badr was a bad ass bro literally started firing a machine gun out of his palace when tanks attacked his palace. He manage to escape the palace through a secret exit and he was thought dead but managed to lead a war of attrition
Lol
This Yemen country is full of wars since ancient times to this day which is wildin n crazy, hope one day it will be a good and safe and develop country 🙏❤
Nice to see a vid on Cold war Yemen. Hardly anyone talks about it and most only seem to care about the Current civil war and not the first one or it's political history.
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Thank you for covering Yemen! Understanding Yemen's past helps us understand its present, which is especially important with it being in the news so much in recent years.
"Yemen, who's he ?" sounds like the most stereotypical American thing ever.
😂😂 💔
Yes, but it was probably a joke to get a point across.
Closely followed by virtually every Arab who’s ever drawn breath asking “ Alabama ? Who’s she ? “
Every episode brings new knowledge that I had no idea about. You and all the other people that work on the channel do such a great job in making the information accessible with additional great production. I really do appreciate all the effort that goes into putting something like this together.
For me, Yemen history is a very underatted ones, even the current war are also had to do with the Cold War era borders before they reunited
So bloody interesting. This adds a lot of nuance to my understanding of Yemen, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Thank you kindly for sharing your research and efforts
Fascinating video. Thanks
Will you make an episode about the founding of South Yemen (Arabia's only fullblown Communist state during the Cold War era) soon?
Correction,
The saudi arabian provinces of Asir and jazan are majority sunni. Najran is ismeali majority which was in conflict with zaidis religiously and historically.
That was one of the most weird modern coups I've ever heard about
Yemen has become two states since the Houthis entered Yemen, so Yemen separated except for two states, which are (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) (the Yemen Arab Republic)
Excellent episode!
5:00 - Crazy how prison became a terrorist incubator.. "think tank".
It was informative and clearly explained that all events occurred in Yemen 🇾🇪 during the Cold War years. Thank you for the Cold War channel for sharing.....coldest year 1962
Thx for this Video.
2:34 i remember seeing a yemeni jewish documentary that actually had a photograph of him
Please, we want an episode about South Yemen and how it became a socialist state subordinate to the Soviets
I'm wondering when Yemen started to be called "Nasser's Vietnam" when it started in the early 1960s, before the US war in Vietnam actually began.
Wow, Americans are so insular. Before the USA got anywhere near Vietnam, France had fought a long and destructive war in Vietnam against Marxist forces. Americans really should be encouraged to at least travel to other western countries like Europe, Australia, etc to broaden their understanding of the world.
Its wasn't given the name at the time of the wars, historians gave it the name after the US Vietnam war
Typical western propaganda trying to disinform people about the reality.
The bigest and most ironic thing about it is that the USA lost to Vietnam, but Nasser and the Yemen Arab Republic won.
It's retarded but it happened with Nader Shah in Iran. No idea why people do that.
France was having a bad time there even then
Brilliant presentation! Great job👍
That had to be one of the most lost the plot outros yet. I love it.
This should almost have a spoiler warning for Dune haha
This was so fascinating. Thank you for making all of these videos. American public schools never go this far into 20th century history. I had to take special classes just to learn anything about the Cold War. One of the few things I do love about the internet is that I can keep on continuing my education any time of the day or night.
My husband and I homeschool our daughter, and we use your channel as a teaching resource. She's only 10 years old, but she is also becoming quite the fan of this channel as well. It started with her sudden fascination with both of the world wars, and I told her that what happened as a result of those two wars is just as wild. The Cold War can be a tricky subject because so many different nations were influenced or pulled into the conflicts at different times. You do a magnificent job of breaking it all down into bite-sized, manageable pieces. Our family can't thank you enough. 🙂❤
It's hard if not impossible to add the complete history of the whole world into a class, it's a bit unfair.
you've been hanging out with those Egyptians again! You're grounded! BUT DADDDDD!!!!
Poor Yemen...
I have known Yemenis to be very religious and conservative, learning about their Communist history is surprising to me.
I think it's because the USSR offered to help them industrialized. If the West offered it first, they would've sided with the US probably.
Syria and Iraq almost became communist
Communism spreads among poor people like wildfire
One edit few sources claim that asir and jazan people are shia which is false it’s depending on old sources this is in fact can be seen in taif agreement 1934 after the war which they divide the border between allegiance to the religious, najran is ismaili which is a branch of shia and they are different from zaydis they accepted ibn saud due to tribal closeness to saudis, i’m one who come from asir and i have asked many elder about this and they laughed at me, some say it’s due to back when there was a imams some where shia in asir but later years they left. 2:40
South Yemen was a social country, so we need a video about this country
news of his death was greatly exaggerated -really good text
interesting video
15:39 Some things never change amongst the zealous of this world.
Why need HBO when you can just look to family dramas in real life history for this kind of entertainment?
Nice
Although split by the Aden Protectorate it appears that Yemen was never a whole country processing an existing sunni/shia sectarian fault-line prior to the arrival of the British
And then somehow everything in Yemen got worse, faster, over time. It's like it's reaching terminal velocity toward hell's basement.
Part II???
it remain silent post ww2 those areas
it all happy-Muslim-oilland to me!
✌️
Most Yemenis do not follow shia islam. incorrect
Game of Thrones, Arab version.
My ancestors from England, were long gone before England colonized the country.
Unique part of the world where the US had no interest or involvement. Seems the Soviets, Saudis, and Egyptians didn't make the place better.
Imperialists comes from all sorts of places in the world, it would be foolish to assume that any good can come out of it just because of the country involved is "non-western" (whatever that means).
@@Game_HeroTell that to the anti-American tankies...
It is interesting to note the incompetence of the Eisenhower Administration in the US. The Americans began to covertly fund and organize the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), also known as the Bagdad Pact in 1955. Then in 1956 Eisenhower forced US allies, the British and French out of Egypt during the Suez crisis. In doing so Eisenhower made Nasser, the main opponent of CENTO, a great leader of the Arabs. The US officially joined CENTO in 1958, but by that time the damage had been done, Arab nationalism was spreading fast all over the Middle East, helped along by Soviet money and weapons. Yemen was one of the countries caught in the the middle, the British left in 1967 closing Aden, the biggest port in the area and the main source of income, Yemen has never recovered.
Houthis of today are descendants of soldiers of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom.
Yemen will be Zaydi again Zaydi revivalism is in full swing in northern Yemen. Long Live Ansarallah the Houthis. And we call Yemen the graveyard for invaders
Would have thought you called it yemen. The other one is way to long to say
The Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism began as a result of Western countries asking Riyadh to help counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the Washington Post.
Speaking to the paper, bin Salman said that Saudi Arabia's Western allies urged the country to invest in mosques and madrassas overseas during the Cold War, in an effort to prevent encroachment in Muslim countries by the Soviet Union.
He added that successive Saudi governments had lost track of that effort, saying "we have to get it all back." Bin Salman also said that funding now comes mostly from Saudi-based "foundations," rather than from the government.
The crown prince’s 75-minute interviewwith the Washington Post took place on March 22.
"Asked about the Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism, the austere faith that is dominant in the kingdom and that some have accused of being a source of global terrorism, Mohammed said that investments in mosques and madrassas overseas were rooted in the Cold War, when allies asked Saudi Arabia to use its resources to prevent inroads in Muslim countries by the Soviet Union."
Successive Saudi governments lost track of the effort, he said, and now “we have to get it all back.” Funding now comes largely from Saudi-based “foundations,” he said, rather than from the government.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/saudi-prince-denies-kushner-is-in-his-pocket/2018/03/22/701a9c9e-2e22-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html
Actually there is a war backed by the US, NATO and their Wahhabi puppets using Wahhabi terrorists against Yemen currently raging on.
ISIS and al-Qaeda, according to BBC, CNN, AP and other media outlets, are used by the US and it's allies against Yemenis just like the case in Syria where they are armed and called moderate rebels and against the Soviets in Afghanistan before.
Al-Qaeda using state-of-the-art US Oshkosh MRAPs against Yemenis
th-cam.com/video/oMrUMQYEYAI/w-d-xo.html
...al-Qaida militants are effectively on the same side as the Saudi-led coalition - and, by extension, the United States." apnews.com/f38788a561d74ca78c77cb43612d50da/AP-investigation:-Yemen-war-binds-US,-allies,-al-Qaida
The BBC has found evidence in Yemen that troops from a Saudi-led coalition force and al-Qaeda militants are both fighting Houthi rebels in a key battle.
www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35630194
All this to reinstall an ousted puppet regime in a war that has killed more than 400,000 Yemenis directly and many more due to malnutrition/famine, epidemics, blocking Sana'a Int'l Airport that was the lifeline for medical treatment abroad and according to the Norwegian Refugee Council more than 86,000 patients in dire need of medical treatment die a year. This caused the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII, according to the UN, as 22 million Yemenis are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance due to the incessant bombing and sea, air and land blockade and the epidemics that the bombings and blockade caused.
Read this for more context:
www.yemenextra.net/2017/09/09/yemen-a-rich-starving-country-hesham-s-al-kibsi/
India 🇮🇳 and Rusia 🇷🇺 vs Amerika 🇺🇸 win brics uraaaaa
Which side is China on in this conflict?
2:56
As a Saudi, it’s important to correct that Jizan & Asir have no Shias at all, where’s Najran is inhabited by both Sunnis & Ismaili Shias (different from Yemen’s Zaydis)