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I went to a very nice party last night at the Reuters building in New York for aspiring young foreign correspondents. Besides the nice view from Times Square, I was […]
There was much I missed in my two-day absence from blogging (although I greatly enjoyed the time off), only some of which I will recap here.First, for those of you […]
Posting will likely be light throughout the rest of this week and throughout the weekend as the Waq al-waq team celebrates Thanksgiving with friends and family and watches Nebraska beat […]
Leading the way over the weekend is news on the al-Huthi front. We speculated last week on the possibilities of renewed clashes in the wake of the postponed elections and […]
Well, in my recent monastic-like silence I've ignored commenting on a number of things going on in Yemen over the past few days. But it is raining outside and a […]
I have added a new site to the "sites of interest" tag on the side. This site is devoted to Jarallah 'Umar, the YSP politician who was assassinated in December […]
Posting at Waq al-waq will be greatly reduced over the next two weeks as I take time off to celebrate Christmas and spend with my own family and another one […]
There is still no word, at least that I have heard on the two major mysteries of the past year in Sa'dah.1. What exactly happened to the remaining six kidnapping […]
Al-Tagheer is reporting that Faysal bin Shamlan has died today in Aden the result of a chronic disease.Shamlan, as many of you know, was the JMP's candidate for president in […]
Al-Sharq al-Awsat leads the way today with this article about the trial of the 16 members of al-Qaeda currently on trial in San'a. The article, following the government's designation, labels […]
I've never understood people - usually much more important than me - who have their research assistants draft their op-eds before they polish and print them.But still when I saw […]
The government is claiming that the Houthi's have kidnapped 15 Red Crescent aid workers. If true, this is very big news- it might reveal something about the June kidnappings, and […]
The trusty visitor counter suggests that Waq al-waq has had several hundred new visitors to the blog yesterday. So, first: Welcome. Second for those of you looking for history of […]
Anyone else having problems with al-Falluja (not spelled that way in the address)? Of course, this is the problem with following jihadi forums, as the loss of al-Ikhlas last September […]
This should not come as a surprise: the US and UK embassies have been closed, citing security threats. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is going to retaliate, the only question […]
As myself and now what I assume to be hundreds of new AQAP watchers wait anxiously for the new release of Sada al-Malahim, I thought I would link to this […]
We are still getting the hang of this blogging thing and so we ask that you bear with us as we continue to iron a few things out, like, say, […]
Well it should come as no surprise to many who read this blog on a regular basis, but June has not been a good month for Yemen - a suicide […]
Mohammed al-Qadhi has another good piece on the tremors just under the surface as the anniversary approaches.The money quote, in my opinion:"Mr Saleh formed special fact-finding committees in 2007 to […]
The Yemen Observer- a paper that has never been accused of government affiliation- is reports that Tariq al-Fadhli's brother is saying that Tariq has been given a three-day ultimatum, or […]