Yemen
Pirates and Proxies
A growing covert alliance between the Houthis in Yemen and al-Shabab in Somalia is creating a new axis of piracy, smuggling and asymmetric warfare along the Red Sea.
Saving the Nubian Ibex
Abdullah Ahmed Salem Mawla al-Dawila turned from killing endangered Nubian ibexes to creating a sanctuary for them in Yemen's Hadramawt province. He now cares for over 50 ibexes and 20 gazelles while contending with disease, limited funding and cultural traditions that glorify hunting the animals.
A Tribal Leader Becomes an Oil Tsar
Amr bin Habresh, leader of the Hadramawt Tribes Alliance, has deployed his armed men to block oil supplies in Yemen's Hadramawt province. His demands include a greater role for the region in national politics and an end to the economic crisis.
The Changing Face of the Houthis
Yemen’s Houthis are among the most misunderstood groups in the world. The movement’s critics and observers fail to grasp that it does not function like a traditional hierarchical organization, which is why it has been able to adapt to the political landscape.
How Iran’s Missile Strategy Has Rewritten the Rules of Middle Eastern Wars
Stretching from Lebanon to Gaza and Yemen, Iran has built an extraordinary military alliance. The core of it is Tehran’s homegrown missile program, one that has given its allies surprising abilities — and poses a fundamental, long-term problem for the United States’ role in the Middle East.
Remembering My Grandfather, Who Toppled the Imamate in Yemen
My grandfather Abdullah Al-Sallal, the first president of North Yemen, lived a long life filled with sacrifice, imprisonment, blood, tears, and ultimately triumph and victory, all for the greater welfare and prosperity of his beloved home, Yemen.
America’s Middle East Allies Are Free Riders No More
We are witnessing an intense scramble for control of the Middle East among mostly autocratic, disparate regimes, creating new alignments where the fabulous wealth of small states is conjugated with countries boasting larger armies, with proxies and mercenaries as expendable cannon fodder in tow.