In 2011, one of the first major decisions of the government that came to power in Yemen after that year’s revolution, which was controlled by…
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“The hands of all parties in the region are on the trigger,” warned Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian last week, amid reports that Tehran had…
One might be taken in by former Yemeni President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi, until meeting him in person. A very “adi” — mediocre — guy,…
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and ten other countries have been conducting a bloody airstrike campaign against the Houthi rebel forces in Yemen. The campaign,…
By Farea Al-Muslimi, Amal Nasser, and Mansour Rageh The Yemeni government’s decision in September to relocate the central bank and replace its governor has left…
Yemen: Escalation of War and Conflict Managed On the Cheap An interview for Al-wada radio, by Nahlah al-Shahal with the researcher Farea Al-Muslimi, the writer…
By: Farea Al-Muslimi and Adam Baron Executive Summary The current armed conflict in Yemen began, essentially, as a domestic struggle for power between political and…
Few things are more damaging and futile than a war without clear goals or clear enemies. This is one reason why the war in Yemen…
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…
As violence continues in Yemen, old regional and geographical fault lines are opening up again, undermining Yemen’s unity without offering any realistic alternative to the…
