List of Yemen articles
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FP_podcast_article_artwork-1-globalthinkers The Middle East Welcomes Trump, Warily
With a new Trump administration changing policy from Israel to Yemen, the volatile region could be in for a wild ride.
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TOPSHOT - Yemeni men check the site of an air raid that hit a funeral reception in the Arhab district, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the capital Sanaa, on February 16, 2017. Eight women and a child were killed and at least 10 other women were wounded. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: U.S. Strikes Pound Yemen Under New Plan; Pentagon Looking at Somalia; Mattis, White House Lock Horns
ISIS and Iraq in Drone War; McMaster to the Hill; Trump’s Budget Wishlist; And Lots More
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Widow of Fallen Navy Seal, Senior Chief William Owens, Carryn Owens (2ndL), first lady Melania Trump and White House Senior Advisor to the President for Strategic Planning Jared Kushner attend a joint session of the U.S. Congress with U.S. President Donald Trump on February 28, 2017 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Trump's first address to Congress focused on national security, tax and regulatory reform, the economy, and healthcare. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) A Day in the Life of a Disgraceful Commander in Chief
From blaming his subordinates for a failed mission to using a slain sailor’s family as a prop, Donald Trump is already proving unfit to lead the military.
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trump_crocker While the Trump Team Fiddles, the World Burns
Across Africa and the Middle East, a vacuum of U.S. leadership is exacerbating crises and emboldening abusers.
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houthis The Houthis Are Not Hezbollah
Donald Trump wants to ramp up Yemen's proxy fight against Iran. One small problem: Tehran doesn't really have a proxy there.
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) President Trump’s Terrible One-Month Report Card
How to assess the damage after the first 30 days.
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Pro-government forces walk in the port of the western Yemeni coastal town of Mokha as they advance in a bid to try to drive the Shiite Huthi rebels away from the Red Sea coast on February 9, 2017. Forces supporting President Abedrabbo Masnour Hadi, backed by the coalition, began a major offensive on January 7 to recapture the coastline overlooking the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait. / AFP / SALEH AL-OBEIDI (Photo credit should read SALEH AL-OBEIDI/AFP/Getty Images) From SEALs to All-Out War: Why Rushing Into Yemen Is a Dangerous Idea
The first foreign-policy crisis of the Trump administration may be in a country most Americans could not find on a map.
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aaaranger Yemen Is the First Battleground in Trump’s Confrontation With Iran
The administration has its sights set on checkmating Tehran’s ambitions across the region. Iran’s proxies in Yemen are in the crosshairs.
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CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks on stage after his daughter, Ivanka Trump, introduced him during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Trump’s First Casualty Is U.S. Counterterrorism
America's success on the battlefield requires Muslim partners. But the president’s travel ban only alienates them.
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110114-N-5324W-008 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 14, 2011) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) is underway as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group. The strike group is deploying to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna Wade/Released) Is the U.S. Navy a Sitting Duck?
Why asymmetric warfare on the high seas is so tricky for great powers.
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TOPSHOT - Smoke billows on September 14, 2016 following a reported airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Saudi Arabia has faced repeated criticism from rights groups over civilian casualties in the coalition's military campaign against rebels in Yemen that was launched in March 2015. More than 6,600 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the intervention of the Saudi-led Arab coalition, according to UN figures. / AFP / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) How to End Saudi Arabia’s War of Paranoia
The only way to solve Yemen's war, and beat back its al-Qaeda franchise, is to dissolve the country entirely.
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A destroyed vehicle is pictured in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on October 13, 2016. The US military directly targeted Yemen's Huthi rebels for the first time, hitting radar sites controlled by the insurgents after US warships came under missile attacks twice in four days. / AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Firing missiles into Yemen—and no one in the U.S. seems to care much, even me
But I suppose we can get used to anything, even acts of war.
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US President Barack Obama speaks before a meeting with the National Security Council (NSC) on February 25, 2016 at the State Department in Washington, DC. From left: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Secretary of State John Kerry, Obama, National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and CIA Director John Brennan. / AFP / Mandel Ngan (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Mystery Russian Ship Heading for Syria; Clinton Leak Offers Hints on China, Missile Defense
Obama Huddles on Syria; Iran, Washington, and Yemen; South Korea Mulling Nukes; And Lots More
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Iranian patrol frigate Alvand transits through the Suez Canal on February 22, 2011 bound, along with support ship Kharg, for the Mediterranean Sea on a purported training mission that Israel regards as a provocation. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) Iran Sends Ships to Yemeni Coast in Wake of U.S. Strikes
The deployment adds another wrinkle to the increasingly complex situation in Yemen.
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RED SEA - SEPTEMBER 23: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGE RELEASED BY U.S. MILITARY PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION) In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) launches Tomahawk cruise missiles on September 23, 2014 in the Red Sea. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) SitRep: U.S. Strikes Houthi Rebels; The Trump, Wikileaks Connection
Russia Brushes Off American Charges As Kerry And Lavrov Prepare to Meet; China Warns South Korea; And Lots More
