Yes, Jizan (Jazan) was part of historical Yemen, along with Najrān and Asir, but they were annexed by Saudi Arabia in 1934. The 1934 Treaty of Al-Ṭāʾif, signed by the Zaydī imam Yahya al-Mutawakkil, recognized Saudi possession of those regions, but the republican government that replaced the Mutawakkil dynasty in 1962 challenged the permanence of that treaty. The status was finalized with the Yemeni government in the 2000 Treaty of Jeddah, but some Zaydī Yemenis (especially those sympathetic to the Houthi movement) continue to agitate for its return.
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