At times the Houthis claim they are fighting in self defence, other times they say they are fighting to obtain their rights as a marginalized group in Yemen. However, they, like other rebel movements…

It is unclear whether it is accurate to describe the conflict in Yemen between the government and the Houthi insurgents as a sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Shiites – even if, as a result of…

Houthi rebels seek to prove they are strong enough to achieve their own political project, which begins with achieving self-rule even if not declared, and ends with the restoration of the Imam rule…

Yemen's situation is complex, and available information is insufficient for making accurate analyses on the conflict. However, this does not imply that simplistic explanations regarding potential…

[escenic_image id="5511961"]Jawad al-Bulani was appointed as Interior Minister of Iraq by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on 8 June 2006. He is a Shia independent member of United Iraqi Alliance and…

[escenic_image id="5511950"]November 2009 may well be remembered as a tipping point in Yemen’s grinding five-year campaign against a loose coalition of several-thousand poorly-equipped rebels in the…

[escenic_image id="5512290"]The reactions and issues that were raised, within the United States and beyond, regarding Obama’s decision of sending 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan revealed the…

[escenic_image id="5511971"]Sayed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the son of the cleric Sayed Mohammad Ali, was one of the leaders of the Islamic Dawa Party, which Mr. Mohammed Baqir Alsder founded in…

[escenic_image id="5511953"]The Houthi phenomenon belongs to the Zaidi school of thought, which dates back to 1986. This school of thought first emerged in the governorate of Saada, where the largest…

[escenic_image id="5511451"] "I am faced by many challenges, but I will do my best" This was one of the first statements issued by Yukiya Amano, the new Director General of the IAEA upon his…