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Two new articles - in English - today give me an excuse to write on the Huthi conflict and also discuss some new media outlets that are publicizing their side […]
Waq al-waq has had well over 3,000 visitors today, which is far above our daily average. For those new to blog and looking for information on Yemen and al-Qaeda in […]
Instead of reading Salih's interview with al-Hayat and the denial that was e-mailed to me early this morning by Yahya al-Huthi, I have spent the day (well not the whole […]
Two deaths today during a funeral procession in Lahj for demonstrators that were killed last week. Al-Sahawa has the names of the deceased and some rather gruesome pictures. The bad […]
Despite my nerd-like fantasies - Washington Journal is my favorite show - C-Span didn't show up to cover the event at Carnegie on Tuesday, but al-Hurra did and their correspondent […]
GENEVA - The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing […]
One really never knows what one will find cruising around the jihadi forums. The other day I came across a pretty interesting thread asking who was the true Amir al-Mu'minin. […]
Yemen has announced that it has arrested 6 of the 12 potential suicide bombers that were on the loose. There is little information about when, where or how. Such is […]
Al-Tagheer republishes this piece by Faysal Mukrim of al-Hayat, which happens to be strangely similar to the piece written by Muhammad al-Ahmadi in al-Ghad, which is edited by Mukrim. Mareb […]
One of the things about thinking so much about one particular country is that everything tends to be processed through that one filter. This can be both good and bad. […]
I have a new article out in Newsweek that argues that any benefits from assassinating al-Awlaki should be weighed carefully against not only the questionable legality of such a strike […]
To any readers for whom this has not yet aired: Greg is on Newshour and on The Charlie Rose show this evening, talking, I believe, about recipes. Or Yemen. He […]
There have been numerous reports on Yemen in English that have been released in recent days - some good and some not so good - but few on which I […]
Well, having spent more time than even I like talking about Yemen today (for those keeping score at home apparently the limit sans qat is eight hours - nine hours […]
So, I am on the email list for Stratfor, an intelligence group, although I generally delete them. There is only so much time in a day. But today's was titled […]
The head of the criminal investigation unit in Marib was kidnapped yesterday, and is reportedly being held in exchange for the release of tribal prisoners.Al-Sharq al-Awsat is reporting on the […]
There is not much in the way of analysis in this piece by Mareb Press, but I do completely disagree with the headline. I think al-Wahayshi's statement was, in fact, […]
Now that it is confirmed that al-'Awfi is back in Saudi Arabia's custody, everyone has a chance to speculate on exactly how he came in from the cold and what […]
A YSP leader and his son were killed in Amran. The details are a little sketchy but it seems as though the two came under gunfire and were killed. Husayn […]
I have been promising for a while to post about Sada al-Malahim (The Echo of Battles), but it turns out I'm actually over-worked and under-paid - on a related note […]