Yemen
Yemen
Washington targets Houthi leaders for terrorism, Russia ties and weapons procurement
Under U.S. President Donald Trump, there is no ambivalence in Washington regarding the Houthis. Handling all of the statutory requirements required to press the...
Terrorism
Washington targets Syrian conglomerate funding Iran and Houthis
On November 14 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 26 companies, individuals, and vessels associated with the...
Sanctions and related policies
U.S. zeroes in on Houthi revenue sources
The U.S. Government made several announcements this month regarding new sanctions on Houthi revenue sources, building on steps taken in coordination with the U.K....
Terrorism
Washington strongly condemns Houthi attacks on shipping
The U.S. State Department issued a strongly worded condemnation of Houthi attacks on international shipping on February 21st, equating many Houthi attacks with piracy.Washington...
Terrorism
US designates Yemen’s Houthis as terrorist organization
The Biden administration announced on January 17 that it is re-designating the Houthis, an Iranian-backed, Yemeni Shia Islamist group, as a terrorist organization. The...
Libya
Instability in Libya is set to exacerbate Europe’s migrant crisis
At least four dinghies reached the shore at Dungeness in Kent on Sunday, carrying dozens of people desperate to reach Britain before worsening winter...
Afghanistan
In US foreign policy, realists are finally on the rise
During the autumn of 2020, the United States lost one of its most brilliant, incisive, yet unheralded thinkers in Sherle R. Schwenninger.One of Schwenninger’s...
Afghanistan
The West must apply the lessons of Afghanistan and Tunisia to Libya
Twenty years have now passed since 9/11. Since then, differing ideas of the importance of democracy in Middle Eastern policy have dominated the foreign...
Analysis
How the Austrians and their Chancellor charmed the Arabs
In late July, the Austrian capital of Vienna hosted a special guest. It was none other than the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. The...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan and the Great Powers
Can Afghanistan's never-ending internal conflict be resolved by the efforts of great and regional powers that have numerous conflicting strategic and global goals? Is...
Archive
No discounts on the EU’s fundamental values
Alexander Schallenberg has been Austria's Federal Minister for European and International Affairs in the second Sebastian Kurz government since January 2020. He previously served...
Afghanistan
Turkey: A state sponsor of terrorism?
Turkey functions like a state-sponsor of terrorism (SST), fueling Islamist extremism domestically and deploying jihadist mercenaries to Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. Listing Turkey as...
Analysis
Blinken reaffirms America’s focus on rebuilding partnerships
During his March 22-25 trip to Brussels, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized repeatedly that the Biden administration will work to rebuild America’s...
Archive
UN chief warns of Yemen ‘death sentence’ as donor pledges fall short
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed his disappointment that a virtual pledging event has failed to raise sufficient funds to avert a large-scale...
Archive
US plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as foreign terrorist group
The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization, secretary of state Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.The decision...
Archive
Saudi-UAE coalition carries out air raids on Yemeni capital Sanaa
The Saudi-UAE coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen on Monday carried out more than a dozen air strikes on the capital Sanaa, according to...
Archive
Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi-launched missile over Riyadh
Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles above capital, Riyadh, and the southern city of Jizan.
The attack is the first on the kindom's...
Archive
Houthis welcome Saudi support for ceasefire in Yemen
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a Houthi leader in Yemen on Wednesday welcomed an announcement by the Saudi-led coalition to support a ceasefire amid the coronavirus...
Archive
Two aid workers killed in Yemen
Two aid workers have been killed in Yemen after they were kidnapped by unknown armed men, the United Arab Emirates branch of the Red...
Archive
UN warns of critical phase in Yemen civil war
Martin Griffiths, the United Nations' envoy to Yemen, has said that the country is at a crossroads, as tens of thousands of people flee...
Archive
Saudi coalition foils terrorist attack on oil tanker off Yemen coast
The Saudi-led Arab coalition announced that it had foiled a terrorist attack against an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea off the coast of...
Archive
Yemen's rebels seize strategic northern city
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of a strategic city in the country's north, officials said.
Yemeni officials said on Sunday the Houthis took control...
Archive
Aid groups to suspend support for Houthi areas in Yemen
Aid groups and donors are to suspend humanitarian aid to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthis if they do not stop obstructing the...
Archive
Al Qaeda confirms death of top commander, appoints successor
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) confirmed the death of its leader, Qassim al-Rimi. Earlier this month, US president Donald Trump said that...
Archive
US Navy seizes Iranian-made weapons in Arabian Sea raid
US troops seized Iranian-manufactured weapons from a sailboat in the Arabian Sea.The US Central Command said the shipment was likely headed to Yemen, and...
Archive
Yemen is the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, Commissioner for Crisis Management Lenarčič says
"Yemen is the world's biggest humanitarian crisis," declared Janez Lenarčič, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, on Wednesday, prior to a Senior Officials Meeting on the...
Archive
US, UK, Turkey asked to arrest UAE 'war crimes' suspects
The United Kingdom, Turkey and the United States have been asked to open investigations into alleged war crimes by the United Arab Emirates in...
Archive
White House confirms that Yemen al-Qaeda leader was killed in earlier drone strike
US president Donald Trump said that US forces have killed Qassim al-Rimi, the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), in an operation...
Archive
Intense fighting in Yemen despite peace efforts
Intense fighting continues in the Nihm district in Yemen. The legitimate forces, backed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition fought Iran-backed Houthi militias, complicating the...
Afghanistan
Iran’s top commander Soleimani killed in US drone strike
Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force and the mastermind behind the Islamic Republic’s military and foreign policy in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,...
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