“If we seek a country in which Nuaman al-Hudhayfi is equal to President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, then we must rid ourselves at once, and…
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ZINJIBAR, Yemen — Last June, the Zinjibar town souk in Abyan province felt like an ancient cemetery. Footsteps were the only sound to be heard,…
Southern hostilities growing ahead of National Dialogue In a country where American drone strikes have killed hundreds of civilians and Al Qaeda in the Arabian…
Yemen’s political parties, along with all new and traditional elements in Yemen, diverge and differ to the point where their agendas, methods and goals conflict….
When I first met Ali Salem al-Beidh in June last year, I was struck by the enthusiasm and energy of the 73-year-old. In his office…
Yemen is not just a land of many problems — its sky has problems too. The receding annual rainfall from the clouds above has made…
Every new day in Yemen people chew away at their political, economic and social aspirations for the future. They chew on disappointment from the failings…
Yemen has always been a country of halves, and 2012 was no different. Half dictatorship, half elections, half reform and some even claim merely a…
In ancient times, what is now Yemen was given the name Arabia Felix — or “Happy Arabia” — by the Romans. But in modern times,…
In gangster movies, a classic scene is for a mafia boss to greet someone warmly with his right hand, then wink to one of his…
