Yemen: Federalization as an Alternative to War

... governorates competed for control of the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen. That confrontation resulted in the short-lived South Yemen Civil War in 1986 and the massacre of Aden, where natives of the Abyan Governorate were defeated. Some of them fled North, to the city of Sanaa. Currently, the STC relies on the natives of the Dhale and Lahij governorates, while the Abyan and Shabwah governorates support the Hadi government.... ... since its economy is oriented towards the “northern” Marib Governorate, as it hopes to receive dividends from the transit of oil and gas. The Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah governorates are taking a “wait-and-see” attitude; however, the local elites are ...