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As promised, I have included Abdulahi’s blog on Waq al-waq’s blogs we read. Sorry for the delay, but I spent a good part of yesterday avoiding work and watching my […]
I have been at a conference all day and haven’t had much time to enjoy the weather. But I did have time to read this interview with President Salih. My […]
I’m still trying to figure out al-Hayat’s newly reconfigured website and find where al-Ghad went to on the super-web, but in the meantime al-Sharq al-Awsat does us all a favor […]
James King, an expert on Zaydism, has a good and accessible over-view of the situation in Yemen at Truthout.org He was also kind enough to email me a link to […]
Robert Haddick of Small Wars Journal recently argued in his weekly column for Foreign Policy that Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the Huthi conflict was good news for the US. The […]
The other day I got an e-mail from someone (I assure you this was a real person) who said he enjoyed links to articles and radio and tv spots, so […]
While we were away on various trips and excursions over the weekend a great deal happened in Yemen, some of which we will try to highlight below.The security director in […]
People have been saying for a number of years that Yemen could easily become the next Somalia. I’m not sure that the country will actually go that way; I think […]
For those that missed the streaming video of the morning session of the fascinating conference on al-Qaeda hosted by the New American Foundation and the NYU Center on Law and […]
I was going to leave this alone, as I am worried about turning Waq al-waq into a place that only critiques the media and has nothing positive to offer, but […]
I am supposed to working on a piece about the suicide bombings for the CTC right now- and that deadline clock is ticking sweatily away- but came across this amazing […]
Al-Sharq al-Awsat is reporting that the Huthis and Yemeni security forces are clashing in the north. The fighting, which is being described as heavy, comes as Yemen has arrested more […]
Here is a link to a piece I wrote for Common Ground News Service on the fighting in Sa’dah.
No. A learning opportunity for you. The CTC Sentinal is always worth reading, and today there is an article in it by some guy on Yemen. Please feel free to […]
In our tireless attempts at self-promotion, here is my latest appearance on Danish radio. I think this actually works as opposed to the last time.
China’s People’s Daily (big fan of the glorious voice of the proletariat here) is reporting that five Filipino nurses, held hostage in Sa’dah, have been released. This followed “successful negotiations […]
The National warns that it is midnight in Yemen with this editorial.Laura Kasinof has this piece in the Christian Science Monitor, in which I weigh-in with my thoughts on the […]
Ayman al-Zawahiri released a new audio tape yesterday, which focused on four different subjects. The second of these was on Yemen. His message was not that different form al-Wahayshi’s last […]
Bill Roggio of Long War Journal, whose reporting on Yemen I am beginning to question more and more, is following the Yemen Observer in reporting that the deputy commander of […]
Well this is probably more of an insight into my social life than most would like, but the new issue of Sada al-Malahim (The Echo of Battles not the Glorious […]
The forums are just starting to discuss the potential agreement to send Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo to Saudi, and while there isn’t much to report – besides one very humorous […]
One of the dangers of having access to a blog is the temptation to post instant analysis on anything and everything that happens, which can be quite dangerous and often […]
If only al-Shabab read Waq al-waq they would have realized that it would be a huge mistake to mess with qat. The 26th of September, an authoritative source on security […]
For those of you with a subscription to Jane’s Intelligence Digest, be sure to check out Brian’s analysis of the election delays in Yemen. For those of you without a […]
I woke up this morning to a program about Sudanese musicians on al-Jazeera with a breaking news banner saying there had been an explosion near the British Embassy in San’a. […]
For those with any interest, I will be on al-Jazeera English this evening – sometime around 8 pm EST – discussing US-Yemeni relations.Update: It turns out I had the time […]
Veteran Waq al-Waq readers can probably skip this post, as it reiterates things we’ve been saying on the blog for about a year now (and to our incredibly lucky family […]
Most of you should remember Muhammad al-‘Awfi’s – the former Guantanamo detainee and one time military commander of AQAP – confessions back in March of this year when he alleged […]
The outside pressure so many were hesitant to put on the Yemeni government finally seems to have taken a toll. The government announced last night a conditional ceasefire. (The official […]