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Yemen Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues Print This Frame Yemen Introduction Top of Page Background: North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. The British, who had set up a protectorate area around the southern port of Aden in the 19th century, withdrew in 1967 from what became South Yemen. Three years ...