Yemen is situated on the southernmost tip of the Arabian peninsula, neighbouring Oman and Saudi Arabia, and is a geographer’s spitting distance across the Red Sea from one particularly troubled Arab state – Egypt.

In geopolitical terms, “the Arab world” is an interesting nut to crack. More than a few of the Middle Eastern and North African Arab states are guilty of hosting poly-term presidents, including Yemen, and it is the fresh popular desire for democratic elections that is spreading like wildfire across the region.

In steps WikiPedia, with a succinct, user-edited summation of Yemen’s political status right now.

Nailed it.

[Source : WikiPedia]

[Thanks, Fergus]