In the summer of 2012, three members of the bin Ali Jaber family were killed in a drone attack in Yemen; many of the survivors were left traumatized. The US military base Ramstein in Germany played an important role in the attack. The German government's response has been to deny any knowledge of or responsibility for the drone strikes.
On 19 March 2019, the Higher Administrative Court in Münster (Germany) ruled that the German government must take action to ensure that the US respects international law in its use of Ramstein Air Base. In its judgment the court found in favor of the claimants from Yemen on several key aspects.
As Jane’s Intelligence Weekly reported to its clients recently, “Exploiting a persistent security vacuum and the absence of effective state institutions, AQAP is in the process of asserting itself as the dominant actor across much of southern Yemen. The territory currently controlled by AQAP is larger than the area it held in 2011, when the group’s area of control reached its peak” during a popular rising against former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Jemens historia har präglats av kolonialism och maktkamp. Efter drygt 20 år av konflikter och spända relationer enades Nord- och Sydjemen under fredliga former 1990. Konflikter och växande sociala problem har dock fortsatt att prägla landet. Efter den arabiska våren fick landet en ny president och arbetet med att skriva en ny grundlag har påbörjats. —Fred och konflikforskningsinstitutet Uppsala