by Belkis Wille | Jun 11, 2015 | Human Rights, Redev, Uncategorized
Hisham Yahya, 13, is an eager student. As we sat in the large, empty yard of his school in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, with weapons debris scattered about, he said he missed going to class. “I just sit at home, it is so boring, and we have no electricity,...
by Conn Hallinan | May 11, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world, bereft of resources, fractured by tribal divisions and religious sectarianism, and plagued by civil war. And yet this small country tucked into the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula is shattering old alliances and spurring...
by Stephen Zunes | Apr 20, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
As a Saudi-led military coalition continues to pound rebel targets in Yemen, the country is plunging into a humanitarian crisis. Civilian casualties are mounting. With U.S. logistical support, the Saudis are attempting to re-instate the country’s exiled...
by Sufyan bin Uzayr | Apr 16, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
When it comes to the Middle East, everything happens at a pace that is too fast to comprehend. Proxy wars, manipulations and unjustifiable violence — unfortunately, a region so blessed and so beautiful is nowadays mostly known for all the wrong things. As of...
by Conn Hallinan | Apr 10, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
Saudi Arabia’s recent intrusion into Yemen is ostensibly part of a bitter proxy war with Iran. But the coalition that Riyadh has assembled to intervene in Yemen’s civil war has more in common with 19th-century Europe than the 21st-century Middle East. The 22-member...
