Yemen

Riyadh wants to help Yemen's various southern factions come up with creative solutions. It wants a unified Yemen, but other parties have a different agenda, complicating efforts to hold a conference.

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Talks in Riyadh were aimed at generating forward momentum in Yemen, but there are still huge hurdles to overcome

The Yemeni novelist and computer science professor speaks to Al Majalla about science, uncertainty, and the role of fiction in questioning inherited narratives of progress

The UAE backs southern Yemenis who want secession, while Saudi Arabia wants a unified Yemen. Egypt also favours unity, but is close to both Gulf states, putting it in a difficult position.

Overcoming Yemen's fragmentation requires more support for the Riyadh-led path—one that rejects secession, all militias and institutionalises the state

Yemen's secessionist leader flees to the UAE via Somaliland after crossing Saudi red lines and fracturing the anti-Houthi alliance

No single party in Yemen can impose dominance over the other through military force, nor can any side achieve dominance solely by relying on external actors

For decades, two separate states - North and South Yemen - existed side-by-side, until the Cold War ended. Suddenly, the two came together. For a brief moment, united Yemen prospered.