Shuaib Almosawa is a freelance journalist based in Sana’a, Yemen. Sarah Leah Whitson is executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now. Almost seven years since the Saudi-United Arab Emi

American forces in the UAE stepped in to intercept two incoming ballistic missiles over the capital Abu Dhabi on Monday with the help of Emirati forces, U.S. Central Command said in a statement late t

The US Navy announced Sunday it seized a boat in the Gulf of Oman carrying fertilizer used to make explosives that was caught last year smuggling weapons to Yemen. The British royal navy said it confi

Fatima Abo Alasrar is a Senior Analyst with the Washington Center for Yemeni Studies and a Non-resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute. The views expressed in this article are her own. On Jan. 1

Introduction Over the past few weeks, tensions have increased on both blanks of the Gulf water. The United States has deployed battleships and missile launchers to counter a "potential threat from Ira

Introduction On March 26, 2015, Saudi-led Arab Coalition launched a military campaign in Yemen to confront the Houthis, who took control of the Yemeni state institutions through a military coup on Sep

Introduction ، ، Yemen is at the bottom of the US foreign policy agenda, and in most cases is attached to its Saudi policy agenda ،، The war in Yemen faces a new phase, as the region faces a turning

Introduction Since the outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the world countries, the Yemeni people have been following with a mixture of interest and fear as they do not have means to fight the virus

Introduction: The Yemeni-Russian relations go back to 1928. The Kingdom of Yemen (Mutawakkilite Kingdom) was one of the first Middle East countries to establish relations with the Soviet Union. That r

On Tuesday, December 14, The Washington Center for Yemeni Studies hosted a virtual webinar and discussion: "The Domino Effect of the Instability in Yemen," in correspondence with the release of our n

The Washington Center for Yemeni Studies, Tuesday NOV 23 2021, hosted a book launch and webinar discussion on 'Prison Time in Sana'a' via zoom. The honorable guest speakers are Dr. Abdulkader Al Gunei

The young men pour into the hospital straight from the front lines, their limbs broken or missing, their skin burned by missiles and drones, bullet wounds in their heads and necks. Their relatives fol

Soon, a vast, decrepit oil tanker in the Red Sea will likely sink, catch fire, or explode. The vessel, the F.S.O. Safer—pronounced “Saffer”—is named for a patch of desert near

The Washington Center for Yemeni Studies held a virtual dialogue on Thursday, August 23, 2021, entitled “The 26th September Revolution, a turning point in the lives of Yemenis.” The sympos

On Thursday, August 12, 2021, the Washington Center for Yemeni Studies held a virtual dialogue symposium on "The Current Trends of the US Administration Towards the Yemeni Conflict." The panelists dis