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Cairo pledges to back Riyadh in its fight with the Houthis

Their defence ties date back decades, so it is no surprise Egypt is standing by Saudi Arabia at a critical time for both countries

Amr Emam
The Egyptian Air Force aerobatics team "Silver Stars" performs during the second international air show and aerospace expo at El Alamein International Airport in El Alamein, Egypt, on 9 September 2026. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Iraq’s Insurgency Reinvigorated

[caption id="attachment_55247671" align="alignnone" width="620"] A wave of attacks in Baghdad and north of the capital killed 91 people in the deadliest day in more than two years on July 23, 2012…

Curtis Ohlers

Building a Free Press in Yemen

[caption id="attachment_55247663" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (C-L) was joined by former US Presidential Adviser Dalia Mogahed (C), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate…

Catherine Shakdam

The Long Shadow of the Guards

[caption id="attachment_55247560" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard stands under a national flag on the wreckage of a captured US air force CH-53 Sea…

Christian Emery

Gülenists’ Changing Fortunes

[caption id="attachment_55247518" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Turkish national flag and a poster of Atatürk are seen hanging on a school building on the first day of school on September 16,…

Barçin Yinanç

Winning Back the Revolution

[caption id="attachment_55247526" align="alignnone" width="620"] Ahmed Maher, founder of the April 6 Movement, one of the main groups that spearheaded the 2011 revolution shows a T-shirt reading …

Ahmed Kadry

Blacklisted in Tunisia

[caption id="attachment_55247391" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tunisian President Marzouki (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)[/caption]Tunisia under Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali had its propagandists and…

Youssef Cherif

Gezi and Kiev’s Euromaidan

[caption id="attachment_55247398" align="alignnone" width="620"] Protests continue in the snow in Kiev on December 9, 2013. (Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)[/caption] Ukraine has entered its…

Ahu Özyurt

Jobs For The Girls

[caption id="attachment_55247370" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Saudi businesswoman speaks on her mobile during the Private Sector Middle East Conference in Riyadh on December 3, 2013. (FAYEZ…

Thomas W. Lippman

The US Cavalry Is Not Coming

[caption id="attachment_55247365" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama walks into the Oval Office at the White House alongside National Security Adviser Susan Rice (L) and Deputy…

James Denselow
Stefano Summo
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Can the Houthis be defeated?

15, Oct 2026

In this week's cover story, Al Majalla examines the military balance of power on the ground, the networks through which the Houthis obtain weapons, and the foreign support they receive

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