News Yemen reports on recent clashes, which led to the deaths of six soldiers, although an al-Huthi spokesman is denying the report. The spokesman is also warning the government against […]

Al-Quds al-Arabi is the latest paper to feel the wrath of the Ministry of Information, as editions last week were confiscated by the government. This story by al-Tagheer (which has […]

Over at Foreign Policy.com Ian Bremmer tells us why we should care about Yemen's future - a subject close to Waq al-waq's heart. I disagree with his take on the […]

Friday is traditionally a slow news day in the Middle East, and today is no different. Al-Sharq al-Awsat has this piece on the protests this week, claiming that two soldiers […]

Al-Sharq al-Awsat and al-Quds al-Arabi both devote their coverage of Yemen to yesterday's death sentence handed down to the six al-Qaeda suspects. Following the sentencing it seems as though the […]

Earlier this year Sultan al-Sam'ai, a MP for YSP from Ta'izz, helped to form the "Popular Movement for Justice and Change," which as this piece from al-Tagheer points out is […]

Despite the warnings of my better angels, I couldn't resist a quick read through of the Nasir al-Wahayshi interview posted to jihadi sites. What can I say, for me a […]

Friday December 17 marked the one year anniversary of the US air strikes in Majalla, which killed, along with some al-Qaeda operatives, a number of women and children. The incident […]

Available videos of talks on al-Qaeda in YemenJanuary 2010: The Yemen Crisis: Some Ground Truths (Princeton)January 2010: Big Think Interview, Big ThinkDecember 10, 2009: Yemen's Three Layers of Crises, National […]

All at once, it seems, Yemen's neighbors have decided the whole "let it become a failed state" plan might not be in their best interests. Kuwait has agreed to float […]

I have thought for some time now that a book that is really needed is some sort of jihadi dictionary, explaining common words phrases and allusions that often pepper jihadi […]

As noted below, the Yemeni Parliament has overwhelming agreed to postpone elections for two years, pushing them to the futuristic 2011. The Yemen Observer, taking an angle I hadn't thought […]

Al-Sharq al-Awsat and al-Quds al-Arabi both have stories today on the death sentence handed down to 'Abd al-'Aziz Yahya Hamud al-'Ubadi for his killing of a Jewish citizen in December.This […]

ABC News corrected its story that Muhammad al-'Awfi was involved in planning the Christmas Day attempted attack. This has only been one of many errors that the eagle-eyes at Waq […]

Big day today. Nothing less than the future of Yemen- and, indeed, the world- is at stake, and it will all be decided in the matter of the next two […]

In his weekly address today, the President directly tied the Christmas bombing with AQAP. It was only a few minutes of a talk, so I don't want to read too […]

I am attempting to maintain good humor, but as a warning to those who read this blog: please properly cite the material you gain from this blog. Much of what […]

One question that came to mind after reading through the second issue of Inspire is: Does the US now put Samir Khan on the CIA hit list now that he […]

Yemen took a number of hits this week - what's new? - including this report by Human Rights Watch, calling for investigations into past war crimes in Sa 'dah. I'm […]

I have been watching with interest over the last two days how the AQAP statement of responsibility has been moving around the al-Faluja forum. First it started in the general […]