What’s next for Yemen?
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh addresses supporters in the southern city of Aden 11 September 1999. With the world’s attention focused on Tunisia, Syria, and Iran, developments in Yemen have made...
View ArticleSaleh for Sale
Though Ali Abdullah Saleh has departed Yemen, his influence remains strong President Ali Abdullah Saleh has finally left Yemen, and now the Yemenis along with the international community must make sure...
View ArticleA Reluctant Leader
Abd Rabbu Mansour Al-Hadi After months of reneged promises and prevarication, President Ali Abdullah Saleh has finally transferred his powers to his deputy and jetted off into exile, reportedly in...
View ArticleYemen’s Turn
A supporter of Ali Abdullah Saleh unwittingly carries the out-going President’s portrait upside-down Yemen will hold a presidential election on 21 February. Yet opposition groups lack unity, sporadic...
View ArticleGood Fences Make Good Neighbors
Arms traficking has become an increasingly significant problem for Libya and its neighbors since the fall of Qadhafi Libya’s neighbors are beginning to feel the consequences of the civil war on their...
View ArticleMilitary Crackdown Continues in Yemen
An Al-Qaeda operative in Azzan, Yemen, in MarchInstability in Yemen was thrown into a harsh light this week as the Yemeni Army—strongly backed by US military assistance—recaptured significant...
View ArticleA Martyr’s Funeral
A general view of the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, Abdul Latif’s hometown in Yemen and the site of his burial. Source: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images Fourteen-year-old Ezzuddin has never met his...
View ArticleTrapped in Limbo
Yemenis wearing orange jumpsuits, similar to those worn by prisoners at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, hold a protest demanding the release of inmates on hunger strike, on April 16, 2013...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda’s air war in Yemen
Yemeni security forces inspect the scene where a Russian-made Yemeni military jet crashed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa on May 13, 2013, killing the pilot, officials said. Witnesses...
View ArticleUS extends Middle East embassy closures
Yemeni soldiers search a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the US embassy compound in Sana’a on August 4, 2013. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US announced that...
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