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Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of al-Qaeda's assassination of Muhammad Rubaysh, a security official in Marib. Mareb Press has an article about the event, which includes the kind of biographical […]
It isn't a secret that one of Yemen's most pressing, apocolyptic problems is not any of the rebellions, nor even the economy (though it is related to it), but rather […]
I want to follow up on something that Greg hinted at yesterday (for those new to this blog, I used to write frequently, but got sidetracked by other things. This […]
Khalid al-Hammadi, one of the best reporters out there, writes in al-Quds al-Arabi on electoral politics and the opposition warning the government (GPC) against playing with fire.(For another take, my […]
Thanks to everyone who came to the event yesterday at Carnegie, particularly to all of you who came up to talk about the blog. I believe Carnegie will have a […]
I'll do a full recap of the yesterday's events a bit later today, when I have time to read Khalid's full article above the fold in al-Quds al-Arabi, but for […]
There was a post in the space this morning that was of a pretty different tone than what we usually try to do. Greg and I have discussed this, and […]
The early news out of Saudi Arabia is that Muhammad bin Nayif, the Deputy Interior Minister, escaped an assassination attempt by a suicide bomber with only light injuries. It is […]
Even though I'm technically on vacation and studiously avoiding anything that resembles work (I don't think Richard Yates counts), I couldn't resist a quick peak at the latest issue of […]
I've been waiting for this program on al-Qaeda in Yemen to come out for a few days, and now al-Arabiyya has finally posted it to its website. I haven't read […]
Since it appears as though I'm blogging again, Waq al-waq is doing a bit of housekeeping and has changed some of the sidebars. You know, keeping everything up to-date. Up […]
Why do people keep saying that al-Shirri was involved in the September 2008 attack on the US Embassy in Yemen? This quote is from a press release from Senator Orrin […]
More fighting in the north. After al-'Awfi's confession, I think everyone should be worried about the pressure the Saudis may bring to bear on San'a to go after the al-Huthi's […]
Despite Hilal's work on the mediation committee and Salih's insistence that everything is fine, the rest of the government seems to be operating off of a different playbook.Mareb Press is […]
From time to time Waq al-waq may criticize journalists working on Yemen a bit too much, but we also have our favorites whom we respect. Many of these journalists, I […]
This is why the names and the details that Waq al-waq so cherishes are important:(CNN) -- A man described as "one of al Qaeda's most dangerous members" was arrested in […]
Khalid al-Hammadi writes about the arms deal with Russia in al-Quds al-Arabi. (Speaking of Khalid, I would recommend his 1999 interview with Tariq al-Fadhli in al-Quds al-Arabi, which I re-read […]
Despite appearances to the contrary - here at Waq al-waq we don't actually enjoy playing gotcha, well, ok - sometimes we do. But not all the time. Case in point, […]
For those with an interest, I will be a guest on al-Hurra today (5pm -6pm EST) along with some others talking about the war in Sa'dah.
Earlier this morning I wrote that the Washington Post had gotten 'Abdullah al-Midhar's name wrong for what I called "reasons passing understanding." Those reasons have now become clear to me, […]