Yemen
An Education System in Freefall
Military recruitment and a collapsing riyal have drained Yemen’s teacher training colleges, with some departments now enrolling no students at all.
Who Gains From Houthi Losses?
Saudi Arabia's latest military achievements in Yemen followed an unusual Saudi-Emirati meeting in Riyadh and relied heavily on the UAE-backed Giants Brigades, whose southern separatist loyalties complicate who benefits from the win.
How Geography Has Changed the War in Yemen
The question in Yemen is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city. It is who can project power over one of the world’s most important maritime choke points, and through it over international trade, Red Sea security and the calculations of global powers.
Waiting for Yemen’s al-Sharaa
In a large online propaganda campaign in September, Yemen's government and its Saudi backers invoked Syria's revolution to promise Sanaa’s liberation. Within days, the Houthis had taken the coast of Bab al-Mandab.
The Seven-Day Lightning Offensive That Changed Yemen’s War
The Houthis’ lightning offensive and seizure of key positions around the Bab al-Mandab Strait is a significant turning point. By extending their reach to one of the world’s most vital maritime choke points, the Houthis have given Iran additional leverage against the U.S.
Is It Time for Saudi Arabia To Find New Yemeni Allies?
The collapse of the de facto Saudi-Houthi truce in July 2026 has reopened a question long treated as taboo in Gulf commentary: whether Riyadh's decade-long reliance on the internationally recognized Yemeni government still serves its interests, or whether the Southern Transitional Council should be given a larger role.
Inside Hezbollah’s Two-Decade Project To Shape the Houthis
In 2007, two operatives, one Iranian, one from Hezbollah, sat down to dinner at a restaurant outside Damascus and started discussing Yemen. What followed was nearly two decades of military assistance, mediation, media training and political network-weaving that turned a marginal movement into the most powerful actor in Yemen.