I heard some very interesting and very big news from the Sa’dah front last night, which I’m waiting to see reported in the local press to confirm what I heard […]
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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Simon Henderson has this piece on the Huthi conflict.He suggests that the reason for the renewed conflict in August was that fighters of […]
Waq al-waq does not usually break protocol and comment on issues outside of Yemen, but this is an exception. On Friday my younger brother was awarded the Navy and Marine […]
For those interested in a bit more background on AQAP and the recent raids I have done a couple of radio interviews that may be illuminating.The first was with Glenn […]
Thomas over at Jihadica has a lot more on the term ruwaybidha, including one of the traditions from which some version of the term stems,also politely correcting my original transliteration. […]
Al-Sharq al-Awsat leads the way with an article about AQAP’s statement. One thing that few people seem to be picking up on is the difference in names between AQAP’s statement […]
Yemen has upped the reward and expanded the search to two other governorates, but there is still no word on the remaining six hostages. This absence of information is leading […]
Last year on the eve of September 11 the al-Ikhlas forum was taken off-line. I have yet to see a good explanation for its absence although I have heard plenty […]
My technical incompetence has forced me to re-post the announcement on the Losing Bet. For those in Washington and interested you can watch a trailer here. (Click on the announcement […]
I made the mistake of listening to bin Laden’s newest tape, which comes with English sub-titles and both an Arabic text and an English translation, before my coffee this morning. […]
This article (English) reminds me of the problems that certain academics (who shan’t be named here) had attempting to explain how something like the September 11 attacks could have happened […]
Well, your buddy Brian here at Waq al-Waq never really expected to link to an article from Marxism.com, but it seems everyone wants to get into the Yemen game right […]
In the experiment in vanity that is Waq al-waq, I have added a post, which has its own permanent link on the sidebar of a list of non-academic articles. So […]
Major newspapers employ individuals who fact check their articles, including the opinion pieces of columnists, yes? Someone please enlighten me if this is not the case. I have written a […]
This depressed me. There is some controversy over an Israeli company signing a contract with the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company to help on a project with the Liquefied Natural […]
… with this confused and contradictory article. I have no idea who wrote this, but whoever it is needs a better editor – can one really say: “The last thing […]
Waq al-waq has just learned that Hamid al-Ahmar will be a guest on al-Jazeera’s Bila Hadud on Wednesday. Watch, enjoy and then comment.
Given yesterday’s attack on Muhammad bin Nayif, I thought it might be helpful if I posted an excerpt from a talk I gave on August 19. The following is pasted […]
I was on al-Jazeera English yesterday talking about the recent attempted attack.
Postings will be even lighter than the new and reduced version of Waq al-waq, as I will be traveling for the next two days.
Ever wonder what happened to the two men Yemeni security forces captured back in August in a raid on an al-Qaeda safehouse in Tarim, which killed Hamza al-Qu’ayti and four […]
Today we would have seen parliamentary elections, but they were postponed, so instead, like everyone else, I’m waiting to see the results (if any) of today’s goings on in Abyan.
In today’s Guantanamo files it appears that not only is al-Shihri still suspected of being involved in the September 2008 attack on the US Embassy (hopefully, returning readers know how […]
I’m heading off for a few days of what I like to think is a much-deserved vacation later today, which means that postings will likely be sporadic over the next […]
I respect Abdul Hameed Bakier’s take on Islamists and al-Qaeda, and I’ve always gotten along well with him, but for me this article is lacking his usual nuance, which often […]
Despite the headline of this piece from Reuters, Gilles de Kerchove actually makes some very sober points:“I was in Yemen a month ago. It’s a state that really needs to […]
Yemen’s Ministry of the Interior has put out yet another wanted list. This time of 150 leaders of the so-called “Southern Movement.” Headlining the list as this Mareb Press brief […]
Given some of the comments that have shown up on the blog over the past few days, Waq al-waq has decided to disallow anonymous comments. While we encourage different views […]
Mareb Press is reporting that there is an initial deal or rather the framework of an initial deal to delay parliamentary elections for two years. This is not all that […]