Catherine Shakdam, the Head of the Next Century Foundation’s Yemen Unit, talks on Asia Today about the aid catastrophe that … More
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Yemen’s Timeline – An Overview
The unrest in Yemen is not a single conflict but is instead a mosaic of multifaceted regional, local, and international … More
Building a Lasting Peace in Yemen by Getting Ahead of the Generational Gap
While Yemen remains locked in a grand political dispute, its people bound by the competing ambitions of various factions and … More
Yemen’s Muslim Brotherhood Remains the Biggest Obstacle Towards Peace
The elephant in the room that no one wishes to directly address Yemen’s Muslim Brotherhood, also known as Al Islah … More
The Houthis’ grand military complex – A movement defined in battles
If the Houthis movement was initially structured as a conduit for positive social advancement in the Highlands as well as … More
The Ansarallah movement – A Political Genesis
The emergence of the Houthis/Ansarallah movement in Yemen’s Highlands is a complex process which cannot be reduced to its sectarian … More
Yemen’s War Theatre – A Situation Report
Since Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen in late March 2015, citing UN Resolution 2216 as its justification, Yemen’s war has … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – Oct 16, 2019
Keeping Yemeni children in school The UAE is continuing to support Yemenis, under the framework of its humanitarian mission to … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – Oct 13, 2019
ERC continues aid efforts in Aden, Yemen The UAE has launched a relief campaign for internally displaced people camps in … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – Oct 10, 2019
Yemen to become poorest country in the world War-ravaged Yemen is on course to become the world’s poorest country … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – Oct. 7, 2019
Houthi chief negotiator calls Riyadh’s truce overture into question Spokesman and Chief Negotiator for Yemen’s Ansarallah, Mohammed Abdul-Salam remarked at … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – Oct. 5, 2019
Yemen’s Heritage Sites are at risk As a result of Yemen’s complex war – now in its fifth year – … More
Game Changer in Yemen – The Houthis enter Saudi Arabia in pivotal move against regional status quo
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” Sun Tzu, The … More
YEMEN NEWS BRIEF – OCT 1, 2019
Houthis move for further gains into Saudi Arabia On Sunday, footage from a major attack on Saudi Arabia was broadcasted … More
Yemen’s who’s who – The road map of a conflict
Cutting across tribal, political and religious lines Yemen’s conflict is as protracted that it has been structurally fluid in its … More
NEWS BRIEF YEMEN – SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
Yemen’s Houthis confirm access to high grade weaponry Sources close to the Houthis leadership confirmed access to high grade weaponry. … More
NEWS BRIEF YEMEN – SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Yemen ‘peace initiative’ still stands despite coalition airstrikes The Houthis renewed on Wednesday their offer of a truce with Saudi … More
NEWS BRIEF YEMEN – SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Two million children are out of school – UNICEF As the new school year starts amid continuing violence in Yemen, … More
The Islamic Republic of Iran as a Regional Power in 2018 and Beyond
Oral intervention to be given by the Next Century Foundation at the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council in … More
Elisabeth Kendall on Al-Qa’idah, Jihadi Poetry, and Yemen
Elisabeth Kendall of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University talks on the situation in East Yemen, Poetry, and … More
Charles Bennett on the Indo-Pakistani Nuclear War, Somaliland and Yemen.
Charles Bennett, Director of the European Atlantic Group, argues that there is a serious risk of nuclear confrontation between India … More
The Immolation of the West?
There are persistent claims in the media that amount to a picture of a possible combined ‘Sunni’ intervention in the … More
No end in sight: the GCC intervention in Yemen
The Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, which began on March 2015, continues unabated, with no clear exit strategy in sight. The … More
Russia’s Game in the Middle East
For Russia, the Middle East has historically been a region of strategic and economic importance. Russia is seen as an … More
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