Military aircraft fly in formation as fireworks explode at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, known by the acronym IDEX, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. (Jon Gambrell/Associated Press) By Jon Gambrell | AP ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Fighter jets screaming overhead and theatrical explosions marked the opening of an arms…
Middle East File photo of Houthi rebels Diana Alghoul Just months after the 21 September 2014 coup, Houthi militias stormed the Central Bank of Yemen along with other government institutions and Yemen’s largest national newspaper, Al Thawra, in order to establish as much institutional control of Yemen as possible. President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi was…
Reuters Investigates SCRABBLE: A propaganda video posted online by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The group has grabbed more territory along the Yemeni coast and regularly puts out photos and videos that paint it as a functioning administration. (SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE) Militant economy One unintended consequence of the war in Yemen: Al Qaeda now…
By Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent By Frank Gardner, BBC Saudi Arabia believed Houthi rebels posed a threat to the kingdom, according to the official Yemen unrest: A senior Gulf Arab official has given British journalists the most detailed explanation yet as to why the Saudi-led coalition has gone to war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.…
By Tyler Rogoway, Foxtrot Alpha There is no doubt that the idea of Iran controlling Yemen via their Houthi Rebel proxies is a nightmare for Saudi Arabia. A large part of this nightmare is the possibility that Iran could deny access to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf simultaneously, cutting off Saudi Arabia’s main avenues for…