claim: Yemen's temporary capital is not Aden.
evidence: Yemen -LRB- -LSB- ˈjɛmən -RSB- اليمن -RRB- , officially known as the Republic of Yemen , is an Arab country in Western Asia , occupying South Arabia , the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula .. Arab. Arabs. Western Asia. Western Asia. South Arabia. South Arabia. Arabian Peninsula. Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is the second-largest country in the peninsula , occupying 527,970 km2 -LRB- 203,850 sq mi -RRB- .. The coastline stretches for about 2,000 km -LRB- 1,200 mi -RRB- .. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north , the Red Sea to the west , the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south , and Oman to the east-northeast .. Aden. Aden. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia. Red Sea. Red Sea. Gulf of Aden. Gulf of Aden. Arabian Sea. Arabian Sea. Oman. Oman. Although Yemen 's constitutionally stated capital is the city of Sana'a , the city has been under rebel control since February 2015 .. Sana'a. Sana'a. under rebel control. Yemeni Civil War ( 2015–present ). Because of this , Yemen 's capital has been temporarily relocated to the port city of Aden , on the southern coast .. Aden. Aden. Yemen 's territory includes more than 200 islands ; the largest of these is Socotra .. Socotra. Socotra. Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans -LRB- biblical Sheba -RRB- , a trading state that flourished for over a thousand years and also included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea .. Sabaeans. Sabaeans. Sheba. Sheba. Ethiopia. Ethiopia. Eritrea. Eritrea. In 275 AD , the region came under the rule of the later Jewish-influenced Himyarite Kingdom .. Jewish. Yemenite Jews. Himyarite Kingdom. Himyarite Kingdom. Christianity arrived in the fourth century , whereas Judaism and local paganism were already established .. Judaism. Judaism. paganism. paganism. Islam spread quickly in the seventh century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the expansion of the early Islamic conquests .. Islam. Islam. Administration of Yemen has long been notoriously difficult .. Several dynasties emerged from the ninth to 16th centuries , the Rasulid dynasty being the strongest and most prosperous .. Rasulid dynasty. Rasulid dynasty. The country was divided between the Ottoman and British empires in the early twentieth century .. Ottoman. Ottoman Empire. British. British Empire. The Zaydi Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was established after World War I in North Yemen before the creation of the Yemen Arab Republic in 1962 .. North Yemen. North Yemen. Yemen Arab Republic. Yemen Arab Republic. Arab. Arabs. Zaydi. Zaidiyyah. Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. World War I. World War I. South Yemen remained a British protectorate known as the Aden Protectorate until 1967 when it became an independent state and later , a Marxist state .. Aden. Aden. South Yemen. South Yemen. British. British Empire. Aden Protectorate. Aden Protectorate. Marxist. Marxist. The two Yemeni states united to form the modern republic of Yemen in 1990 .. united. Yemeni unification. Yemen is a developing country , and the poorest country in the Middle East .. developing country. developing country. Under the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh , Yemen was described as a kleptocracy .. President. President of Yemen. Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ali Abdullah Saleh. kleptocracy. kleptocracy. According to the 2009 international corruption Perception Index by Transparency International , Yemen ranked 164 out of 182 countries surveyed .. Transparency International. Transparency International. In the absence of strong state institutions , elite politics in Yemen constituted a de facto form of collaborative governance , where competing tribal , regional , religious , and political interests agreed to hold themselves in check through tacit acceptance of the balance it produced .. elite politics. Elite theory. The informal political settlement was held together by a power-sharing deal between three men  : president Ali Abdullah Saleh , who controlled the state ; Major General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar , who controlled the largest share of the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces ; and Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar , figurehead of the Islamist Islah party and Saudi Arabia 's chosen broker of transnational patronage payments to various political players , including tribal sheikhs .. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia. Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar. Republic of Yemen Armed Forces. Republic of Yemen Armed Forces. Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar. Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar. Islah party. Al-Islah ( Yemen ). patronage payments. clientelism. The Saudi payments have been intended to facilitate the tribes ' autonomy from the Yemeni government and to give the Saudi government a mechanism with which to weigh in on Yemen 's political decision-making .. Yemen has been in a state of political crisis since 2011 , starting with street protests against poverty , unemployment , corruption , and president Saleh 's plan to amend Yemen 's constitution and eliminate the presidential term limit , in effect making him president for life .. political crisis. Yemeni Crisis ( 2011–present ). street protests. Yemeni Revolution. President Saleh stepped down and the powers of the presidency were transferred to Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi , who was formally elected president on 21 February 2012 in a one-man election .. President. President of Yemen. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. one-man election. Yemeni presidential election, 2012. The transitional process was disrupted by conflicts between the Houthis and al-Islah , as well as the al-Qaeda insurgency .. Houthis. Houthis. al-Islah. al-Islah ( Yemen ). al-Qaeda insurgency. al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen. In September 2014 , the Houthis took over Sana'a , later declaring themselves in control of the government in a coup d'etat .. Sana'a. Sana'a. Houthis. Houthis. coup d'etat. coup d'etat. Since then , a Saudi-led intervention has taken place , however , it could not stop the civil war .. Saudi-led intervention. Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. The Saudi-led intervention has caused massive damage to Yemeni infrastructure and has resulted in the bombing of hospitals and funeral processions among other civilian targets .. Saudi-led intervention. Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen