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Making a Difference: Delivering Services for Yemeni People During Conflict
Hameed, a twelve-year-old Yemeni is currently recovering from a Cholera infection. He was fortunate to receive treatment at a public hospital north of the...
A Look at Yemen Conflict
In a latest twist in the ongoing Yemen civil war, forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, backed by Saudi-led coalition and Southern separatists...
Turmoil in Yemen: Implications for Regional security of Middle East
Background
The recent unrest in Yemen is not a new phenomenon it has deep roots in its history. Initially, it was divided into North and...
Whither Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘moderate’ Islam?
Recent Algerian media reports detailing Saudi propagation of a quietist, apolitical yet supremacist and anti-pluralistic form of Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism raises questions about the...
Sovereign wealth funds: Investment vehicles or political operators?
The $6.85 billion acquisition in 2006 of Peninsular & Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company, a storied British shipping and logistics company, by Dubai’s state-owned...
Salafi mission calls into question Saudi concept of moderation and policy in Yemen
Plans to open a Salafi missionary centre in the Yemeni province of Al Mahrah on the border with Oman and Saudi Arabia raise questions...
Covert wars: Iran and Saudi Arabia revisit their strategies
Expressions of support by US President Donald J. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu have provided the grist for Iranian claims that anti-government...
A game of chess: Gulf crisis expands into the Horn of Africa
The six-month-old Gulf crisis has expanded to the Horn Africa, potentially fuelling simmering regional conflicts.
Renewed fears of heightened tension in the Horn, a region...
A Year Best Forgotten
What has stood out this year as 2017 draws to a close, is the "globalization of indifference," a term coined by Pope Francis.
An indifference...
Here is how Houthi missiles give attacks credence to Saudi blockade on Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition has been at war with Houthi since March 2015, when the Houthi militants forced the internationally recognized government of President Abed...