Yemen Civil War

After months of tensions, the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia seem to moving toward improving bilateral relations. Tuesday’s soccer match between the Saudis and Palestinians, hailed by the PA as a “historic” event, is seen by Palestinian political ana…

After surviving wars, floods, and a harsh climate for hundreds of years, Shibam, one of the world's most remarkable cities, could soon be in ruins. Shibam is known as the "Manhattan of the desert," because it's made up of mud brick skyscrapers that shoot up …

Image copyrightCharlotte MohamedImage caption Charlotte Mohamed said she was reading through the letters in date order and felt like she had got to know the family A British Army engineer's family is being sought after his letters from the Middle East were…

Drone Technology Proliferation in Small Wars Scott Crino and Andy Dreby The recent drone attacks targeting critical components of Saudi Arabias energy sector, highlighted by the September fourteenth attacks on Saudi Arabias Khurais oilfield and Abqaiq refin…

artsPublished 1st October 2019 This analysis was written by James Griffiths, a senior producer for CNN International and author of "The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet." This feature is part of a wider…

In practice, this meant both a general call to respect national sovereignty and a specific warning that non-Arab powers should not meddle in the affairs of Arab nations, a warning Sisi repeated in several different contexts throughout his address. Sisi salut…

Eingebetteter Medieninhalt Eingebetteter Medieninhalt Eingebetteter Medieninhalt Dieses Jemenkrieg-Mosaik besteht aus zwei Teilen / This Yemen War Mosaic is divided in two parts Part 2: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-576a-yemen-wa??? Read More

Noteworthy new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following. Yemen: Civil War and Regional Intervention, updated September 17, 2019 Attacks Against Saudi Oil Rattle Markets, CRS Insight, September 16, 2019 U.S.-China Tr…

On September 14, some as-yet officially unknown perpetrators launched a complex attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. The attack was apparently carried out by drones, cruise missiles, or both. It cut Saudi Arabias oil exports by half, a big deal considering…

Saturday’s attacks on oil installations owned by Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil company on Saturday threatened to severely destabilize the global petroleum market. Riyadh claimed by Wednesday, however, that its oil production had returned to pre-attack levels. Th…