Over the past two decades, the United States has approached the Middle East through its own conceptual frameworks: dictatorships vs. democracy, secularism vs. religion, order…
Why is war a more common occurrence in some parts of Yemen than in others? Why do cities like Aden recover quickly from wars? And…
For cash-starved Yemen, accession to the GCC has been a highly prioritized goal. But the GCC’s members have been reluctant to allow Yemen in. Every…
On April 21, Saudi Arabia officially ended a military intervention in Yemen dubbed “Operation Decisive Storm.” Reacting to a rapid expansion of rebel Houthi militias…
With the outbreak of the most recent round of conflict after the 2011 uprisings, sectarian discourse in Yemen has grown increasingly heated. In a recent…
Human Rights Activist Farea Al-Muslimi Discusses the Wars Tearing Apart the Middle East State, in a Talk With Students at Columbia Law School New York,…
Don’t worry, there are no spoilers in this article (unless you haven’t seen “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope”). Terrorism is an extremely complicated…
Militants affiliating themselves with the terrorist group ISIS are taking advantage of a power vacuum in Yemen to establish an increasingly strong foothold there as…
Aden (AFP) – Several attacks rocked a fragile ceasefire in Yemen Tuesday as the warring sides began UN-brokered peace talks in Switzerland, military and medical…
Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday the formation of a military coalition of 34 countries to fight “terrorism” in the Islamic world, in the latest sign of…