News from Sa’dah

I heard some very interesting and very big news from the Sa’dah front last night, which I’m waiting to see reported in the local press to confirm what I heard […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

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I heard some very interesting and very big news from the Sa’dah front last night, which I’m waiting to see reported in the local press to confirm what I heard before posting it to Waq al-waq. (We do some fact checking here.) So stay tuned for more up-dates.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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