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There are more arrests in Yemen. First, another one in Taizz, of someone that 26th of September is identifying as Abu Hadhifah, which tells us exactly nothing. Mareb Press has […]
I mean, come on. Locusts? From Somalia? I guess that validates the old axiom, that when it rains, it pours upon your country biblically ironic plagues.
This may have come, oh I don't know, about 15 years too late.
Al-Jazeera, as regular readers of Waq al-waq are well aware, is not endearing itself to Yemeni authorities as of late - but then really few newspapers or media outlets are, […]
In my inbox today, got an update from MEED, a comprehensive Middle East Business Review, titled "Yemen: The Region's Failing State". Now, unless you subscribe to MEED, you won't be […]
As everyone knows by now, Salih has essentially three main sets of enemies- AQAP, the Huthis, and southern secessionists. As many expected, he is conflating the three, using the world's […]
Not surprisingly there is a lot of attention being paid to Inspire, much more than is paid to the Arabic releases by the al-Malahim media wing. I can only say […]
Robert Worth does his typically solid job on summing up what is going on, and, more importantly, follows the new Law of Journalism- if you want to write a good […]
Khalid al-Hammadi has an excellent report on the surprise visit of Khalid Mishal of Hamas to San'a, where he offered to serve as a mediator between Yemen and Iran. Very […]
When Greg and I started this blog, we vowed that it wouldn't be war, terrorism, economic chaos and other depressing things all the time. In this goal we have been: […]
For those new to Waq al-waq - and that is most of you - you should be aware that we will delete any comment that uses profanity, as I did […]
This is an excellent article by Mohammed al Qadhi in today's National on the water problem in Ta'izz, which is even worse there than it is in San'a. In other […]
For those who missed it or who can't get enough of me spouting off here is a link to a radio segment I did this morning with Robert Worth of […]
There isn't much in the pan-Arab papers today with the exception of a small UPI piece in al-Quds al-Arabi denying that the 176 released prisoners have any link to al-Qaeda. […]
This report in the New York Times details the latest drone attack in Pakistan, which killed at least 25 people Saturday.Yemen has long been compared unflatteringly to both Afghanistan and […]
I had meant to post on this fascinating new report from the Middle East Institue on Friday when it showed up in my in-box, but events over the weekend prevented […]
On a visit to the 29th Mechanized Division, President Salih has said that the military would changed tactics to deal with the Huthis, recalling Yemen's experience in wars in the […]
A little less than a year ago Brian and I started this blog. What for me began as an amusing diversion has, nearly 12 months later, become an unhealthy distraction. […]
As promised, I have included Abdulahi's blog on Waq al-waq's blogs we read. Sorry for the delay, but I spent a good part of yesterday avoiding work and watching my […]
I have been at a conference all day and haven't had much time to enjoy the weather. But I did have time to read this interview with President Salih. My […]