Yemen sits at one of the most strategically important locations in the world, yet it remains one of the poorest and most fragile countries in the Middle East. Positioned beside the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, Yemen lies near one of the world’s most critical shipping corridors linking Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Oil tankers, cargo vessels and global trade routes pass close to its coastline constantly. This creates one of Yemen’s deepe