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Iraq–Yemen relations
Bilateral relations / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Yemen and the Republic of Iraq are old, religious and ethnic relations that began before the establishment of republics in the two countries.
Relations go back to almost a century, when Yemeni army officers were trained in Iraq, and have included various events that have perhaps strengthened the ties between the two, in particular the Gulf War and when the Arab Cooperation Council was formed, consisting of four countries, including Iraq and North Yemen.[1]
Present-day Iraq and Yemen have historically had relatively limited bilateral relations. However, relations between Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Iraq’s former president, Saddam Hussein, were very close, as Saleh supported Iraq in the Gulf War.[2] Iraq has an embassy in Sana’a, and Yemen has an embassy in Baghdad.[3][4]