This map provides a general look at the military situation in Yemen on November 20, 2018.
- Clashes are ongoing in multiple areas across western Yemen, including the Houthis;
- The situation in the eastern part of Yemen is stable bad with ISIS and al-Qaeda are slowly boosting their influence there.
Click to see the full-size image
Here’s a map which helps to understand the situation better, in regard to population, magnitude of human crisis and why Hudaydah is so important for Yemenis.
This map shows the population density on a provincial basis. http://www.geo-ref.net/m/yemen.png
Population breakdown can be found on this page The information is a few years old, but the relative population density didn’t change much. Most of Yemen population live in the area controlled by Ansarollah movement. Contrary to western narrative that claims Houthis created a police government that oppresses Yemeni people, the sheer amount of popular resistance against the coalition of terror shows the truth is otherwise and Houthis indeed have a widespread popular support, despite all the hardship.
Another interesting depiction: Yemen gridded population cartogram
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0258fd7b8405a085ded1988b5e2d07b705220a7204a68f640a440955d1645c16.png
I wonder why that big AQ / ISIS vermin blog, just go North into Saudi Arabia ?.