
With the Shiite Houthi rebels losing ground in southern Yemen, Sunni jihadist groups like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State appear poised to fill the power vacuum in areas where neither the Houthis nor internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have been able to secure a foothold.
by Frances Martel27 Oct 2015, 10:59 AM PST0

According to the Yemeni government-in-exile, United States diplomats are in discussions with Yemen’s Houthis, a Shiite rebel group which seized control of the Gulf country earlier this year.
by Michael Lucchese1 Jun 2015, 7:18 PM PST0

How’s the White House spinning the sack of Ramadi? You’ll be sorry you asked.
by John Hayward18 May 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

The movement of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier accompanied by the USS Normandy, a guided missile cruiser from the Persian Gulf region, to a position off the coast of Yemen could change the dynamics of the Yemen sectarian civil war.
by Admiral James A. "Ace" Lyons21 Apr 2015, 11:05 AM PST0

Bashar al-Assad’s Syria army showing signs of collapse; Why do Awakening era civil wars always fizzle?; US speeds up weapons deliveries to militias in Yemen
by John J. Xenakis8 Apr 2015, 4:00 AM PST0