Al Majalla zooms in on Yemen's Al-Jawf province this week for its cover story, highlighting its strategic importance in the war against the Houthis. Its location gives government forces an opportunity to pressure Sanaa, the capital, and Saada, the Houthi stronghold. The province also provides vital defensive depth for Marib, while its influential tribes could help shift the balance of power on the ground. Recent advances by government forces towards Al-Hazm, the provincial capital, have brought Al-Jawf back into focus. Further gains could open new fronts against the Houthis towards Sanaa and Saada, while strengthening Marib's defences and helping to protect its vital oil resources. The battle for Al-Jawf has implications far beyond control of the province itself. It will test the Yemeni army's ability to tilt the military balance in its favour. Could the latest advances mark a turning point in Yemen's long war?

Can the Houthis be defeated?

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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After October 7: new faces, changing maps

Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria

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