Yemeni poet Ali Al Muqri reviews the recent works of Bashaayer Hibras, followed by a selection of her stories

A close up view of the reaction to - and effect of - Turkey's double earthquake in February 2023, near the Syrian border

The precedent for altering a country's name was set decades ago but the reasons for doing it can be very different

Its strategic location at the entrance to the Bab al-Mandab Strait has incentivised various countries to establish military bases in the small African nation

Three factors that limit optimism over the deal are Iran's radicals, China's unwillingness to play a more significant security role in the region and Israel's fear over Iran's nuclear programme 

For 150 years, the narrow passageway has been at the heart of the world's maritime prosperity, but it could soon face competition

The terror group's greatest advantage lies in its "army in detention" in prisons (numbering 10,000 in Syria and 20,000 in Iraq

Security institutions were purposely kept weak so as there would be no threat to the ruling parties, but this has led to widespread crime and terror