Yemen

Many people optimistically assume that popular revolutions against dictators will automatically establish democratic governments

Saudi Arabia

Yemen: The Human Cost of Imperial Ambitions

Foreign Policy in Focus

U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE are backing different factions and prolonging the conflict

GCC

The Saudi-UAE Bust-Up over Yemen reflects Rift over Vision for Region

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Saudi officials accused the UAE of backing separatist groups in Yemen and carried out an airstrike in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla

Venezuela

A Game of Drones in Venezuela and Yemen

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Commercial drones are increasingly being employed as a tool of political violence – will they be the new guerilla weapon of choice?

Arab World

The Gulf’s Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa

Middle East Monitor

The Saudi Air Force conducted a rare and pointed strike on the Yemeni port of Mukalla

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Yemen: Houthis’ Widespread, Arbitrary Detentions of Political Opponents

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Houthi authorities have detained dozens of political opponents since July 2025, including the leaders of several political parties in Yemen, some of which may amount to enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch said today. At least 70 people associated with the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, known as the Islah party, were […]

Egypt

How Global Power Shifts are Playing out in the Red Sea Region of the Mideast

The Conversation

By Federico Donelli, University of Trieste (The Conversation) – The competition for global influence and control is shifting. One of the places where this dynamic is playing out is the Red Sea region, which encompasses Egypt, Eritrea, Djibouti, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Here, international rivalries, regional ambitions and local politics collide. Federico Donelli, who […]

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Human Rights Watch

Israel, Yemen Authorities Targeting Media Workers Niku Jafarnia Bahrain and Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division ( Human Rights Watch ) – A new report by Human Rights Watch documents attacks by all the warring parties in Yemen on journalists. An attack on a media center in Sanaa, the capital, by Israeli forces […]

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Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Human Rights Watch

Warring Parties’ Systematic Violations Against Media Freedom Yemen’s warring parties – particularly the Houthis, the Southern Transitional Council, and the Yemeni government – have committed serious human rights violations against journalists in Yemen. Targeting journalists and media institutions has encroached on freedom of expression. Many journalists have fled the country and those who remained have […]