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  • Gulf Cup Soccer
    Gulf Cup: Saudi Arabia top group after 1-0 win over Yemen

    The result sees the Green Falcons qualify top of their group on seven points, four points clear of second-placed Qatar, who recorded their third successive point in a goalless draw with Bahrain in a match held simultaneously the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium.

  • Yemen
    Why the US Is Losing Yemen

    “The Yemeni government is under enormous pressure from multiple fronts,” he said. “And we’re in danger of losing a key partner in our counter-terrorism allies.” It was not the statement itself that was surprising for those who have been paying attention to events in Yemen. Rather, it was a rare admission from a U.S. official that things weren’t going well in the country, which the Obama administration has cast as a key success story in the battle against al-Qaeda. President Obama in September used U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen as a success story worthy of emulation elsewhere, as he laid out his strategy to combat the Islamic State, or ISIS or ISIL.

  • Yemen
    Houthi Rise in Yemen Puts Saudi Arabia, Iran on Crash Course

    The situation is more complex than a simple Shiite-Sunni divide. Earlier this week, the U.S. imposed sanctions on former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who lost power in 2012, during Yemen’s version of the Arab Spring. The Treasury Department accused Saleh of supporting the Houthis, whose leaders it also sanctioned. Not only are the U.S. and Saudi Arabia troubled by what the rise of a Shiite-dominated, Iran-backed force in Yemen portends, so is al-Qaida, which has already escalated its attacks in Yemen. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has declared war on the Shiite rebels and has launched suicide missions in Sanaa, while at the same time attempting to kill U.S. diplomats.

  • Yemen
    US drone strike kills 7 terrorists in southern Yemen

    The US reportedly killed seven al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) fighters in a drone strike early this morning in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa. The strike took place in the Azzan region of the province, located about 80 kilometers from the coast and long considered an AQAP stronghold in the country.

  • Yemen
    US plans for possible evacuation of embassy in Yemen

    The U.S. military is updating plans to potentially evacuate U.S. Embassy personnel from Yemen in the wake of rising violence and uncertainty about the security situation in that country, CNN has learned. Any military involvement in an evacuation would come only after the U.S. ambassador requests help, something which has not yet happened. However, this week, defense and State Department officials confirmed there have been a series of conversations between the Pentagon and State Department about how long U.S. diplomats can safely stay in Yemen.

  • Yemen
    AQAP continues escalation of attacks in Yemen, targets US ambassador

    Despite a Nov. 7 announcement that a new inclusive Yemeni cabinet was formed in an effort to defuse the ongoing political stalemate in the country, there has been no indication of a deescalation of terrorist activity by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

  • Conflict in Yemen
    Iran, Saudi Arabia jockey for power in Yemen

    The most important platform for Iran and Saudi Arabia is not on the religious or economic level, but rather the military level on the ground. Tehran has a quasi-absolute influence on the political regimes in Iraq and Syria, as well as a strong ally in Lebanon, represented by Hezbollah. The Iranian president’s adviser, Ali Akbar Velayati, publicly announced his country’s support for the Houthis, as well as the fact that Ansar Allah’s role in Yemen resembles that of Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon. These challenges to the local Yemeni scene, in addition to the regional Saudi-Iran conflict, will limit Saudi Arabia’s options in Yemen in the near future. Saudi Arabia is still relying on its traditional tribal allies in Yemen, as well as weakening Iran regionally and defeating it in Syria, rather than trying to intervene directly in Yemen. This is happening in light of Saudi Arabia’s fight against IS, which represents a bigger threat to Saudi security than the challenges that Yemen is facing.

  • Yemen
    Al-Qaeda kills 30 Shi’ite rebels in central Yemen: tribal sources

    The northern-based Shi'ite Houthi established themselves as power brokers in Yemen last month by capturing Sanaa against scant resistance from the weak administration of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who appears not to have a full grip on the country's fractious military. Houthi forces have since advanced into central Yemen and taken on Sunni tribesmen and al Qaeda militants, who regard the Houthis as heretics. Fighting has flared in several provinces, alarming neighbor Saudi Arabia, the world's No. 1 oil exporter.

  • Yemen
    Unhappy Yemen

    Yemen had a flirtation with pluralism in the 1990s, but it fell prey to the same problems Yemen has had for much of the last century: poor infrastructure and communications, a weak educational system, spiraling population growth, not enough money, and not enough jobs. Yemen’s moderately-sized oil and gas reserves fed into patronage rather than progress, and insurgencies in the north and south gathered steam.

  • Houthis and Yemen
    Beyond the Houthi Takeover of Yemen

    For now, the Houthis’ main opposition is Al Qaeda. What began as a tribal quarrel for revenge and the return of ideology, has quickly gained sectarian elements. On Oct. 9, Al Qaeda detonated a suicide bomb just before a Houthi rally in Tahrir Square, at the very center of Sana’a. The explosion killed 47 people and injured hundreds more. In their statement that claimed responsibility for the attack, Al Qaeda leaders promised “hundreds more bombs” in the future.