A Study of the Causes of Wars between the Government and the Shiites of Yemen Based on Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

Abstract

The first round of the conflict between the Yemeni government and the Shiites started in 2004 and since then, has gone through six stages. These conflicts, which first began as minor skirmishes,

gradually took on new dimensions and increased in intensity and extensiveness in such a way that at

the sixth stage of the war, the Saudi Arabian air force and the United States officially entered the battle,

each under its own pretext. The purpose of this research paper is twofold: first, to study the reasons

and roots of these wars and second, to use fuzzy models and maps in the analysis of the factors

which play a role in this crisis.