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Despite the headline of this piece from Reuters, Gilles de Kerchove actually makes some very sober points:"I was in Yemen a month ago. It's a state that really needs to […]
Yemen's Ministry of the Interior has put out yet another wanted list. This time of 150 leaders of the so-called "Southern Movement." Headlining the list as this Mareb Press brief […]
Given some of the comments that have shown up on the blog over the past few days, Waq al-waq has decided to disallow anonymous comments. While we encourage different views […]
Mareb Press is reporting that there is an initial deal or rather the framework of an initial deal to delay parliamentary elections for two years. This is not all that […]
Brian is now a cog in the federal justice system so it is up to me to carry the weight, at least for today.Husayn al-Jarabani of al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that […]
It is nice to see the readership of Waq al-waq so on the ball as I've temporarily stepped away from the wheel - no need to worry Brian is an […]
Waq al-waq has added a new blog to our links. This one is run by Haley Sweetland Edwards and Paul Stephens.I met Haley at an OPC event last year and […]
One of the things I most enjoy about blogging and about Waq al-waq in particular is the questions and discussions that often build off of posts. I have seen the […]
Below are books I recommend on Yemen, divided into four categories based on nothing other than my own biases.General/Accessible:Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land, Tim Mackintosh-Smith(US Title: Yemen: The Unknown Arabia)My […]
As promised Waqal-waq is bringing you yet another discussion of an article from Sada al-Malahim. Today's installment is: "The Apostates: Stages of Confrontation." The term used in the title, al-rafida […]
Below we discussed some of the security implications for the rising price of food in Yemen. Here, briefly (I hope) are a few things that show just how bad the […]
To me, the most worrisome sign is the rapidity of turnaround time. I really doubt that the plan was "attack a group of tourists, and then when the delegation comes […]
I caught a bit of the video of the protests in al-Dhala' this morning on al-Jazeera streaming video. Al-Tagheer is reporting that at least seven people were injured. Meanwhile the […]
I don't have time for much more than a quick up-date on the war in Sa'dah - I return home on Friday and hope to have more time to write […]
News Yemen helps to explain the strategic importance of Jabal Dukhan and gives a bit more information, which is helpful since the mountain is not in my mu'ajim al-buldan.
I have some unexpected free time this morning, so I thought it would be nice to return to the short-lived morning papers segment of Waq al-waq.US Secretary of Defense Robert […]
According to multiple stories Yemen arrested the Saudi national Hassan Husayn bin 'Alwan on Friday in Marib. All of these stories are claiming that 'Alwan is a "major financier" for […]
Thanks to all the readers who have been commenting as of late, it is nice to know that Waq al-waq isn't (solely) an echo chamber. Yemen features prominently, if invisibly, […]
Waq al-waq has a very narrow, if self-delineated, portfolio: Yemen. But sometimes Yemen has some strange links, as some of the Google searches that bring people to Waq al-waq indicate. […]
The US and UK aren't the only embassies shutting their doors in San'a - the French, Germans, Japanese and Spain have also closed.