Mareb Press is reporting that there was an RPG attack on a military check point in Shabwa this morning. The article suggests that the attack came in Ratiq days after […]
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a deal to send the Yemeni detainees to Saudi Arabia is in the making. This comes out just as I argue in “How […]
It seems clear from everything I have been able to put together from news reports, Yemeni officials I’ve spoken with and Yemenis back in Yemen that the 6 hostages are […]
I will be traveling for the rest of the week, consequently postings will be sporadic. I will, however, do my best to post from the road and the hotel. But […]
There is a great deal of news coming out of Yemen and Saudi Arabia this morning. Khalid al-Hammadi, in al-Quds al-Arabi, as well as a number of others write about […]
I have been traveling to DC the last couple of days – and on the train most of the morning – which means I’m playing a bit of catch-up with […]
Mareb Press is reporting that a mediation team under the leadership of Shaykh Faris al-Mana’a arrived in Ghamir in Sa’dah in an attempt to bring the situation back under control […]
Waq al-waq’s spring cleaning goes on, as we continue to ignore stories in nearly every sector. But I think it is time for a quick round-up.First is this story about […]
So here I am sitting at home on Spring Break, writing up a report on Yemen, and just as I come to the section on press freedoms in the country […]
After weeks of speculation and false leads Yemen has identified the suicide bomber that attempted to attack a South Korean convoy in March. The attacker was 20-year-old Khalid Abdullah Ali […]
Just a quick note from Firestone’s dungeon, to recommend that anyone interested in what is going on in the south should read Nasser Arrabyee’s report in al-Ahram weekly.For me, the […]
I was going to entitle this post “Waq al-waq hearts Robert F. Worth,” but decided that might be a bit much. As it is, Worth’s post has warmed the collective […]
Apologies for the extended absence from blogging. It couldn’t be helped. A lot has happened in the last two weeks, some of which I’ll even be blogging about in the […]
The biggest news coming out of yesterday was the accusation by the Huthis that the US was involved in air raids which killed up to 120 people. “The savage crime […]
Two new articles – in English – today give me an excuse to write on the Huthi conflict and also discuss some new media outlets that are publicizing their side […]
Waq al-waq has had well over 3,000 visitors today, which is far above our daily average. For those new to blog and looking for information on Yemen and al-Qaeda in […]
Instead of reading Salih’s interview with al-Hayat and the denial that was e-mailed to me early this morning by Yahya al-Huthi, I have spent the day (well not the whole […]
Two deaths today during a funeral procession in Lahj for demonstrators that were killed last week. Al-Sahawa has the names of the deceased and some rather gruesome pictures. The bad […]
Despite my nerd-like fantasies – Washington Journal is my favorite show – C-Span didn’t show up to cover the event at Carnegie on Tuesday, but al-Hurra did and their correspondent […]
GENEVA – The United Nations food agency said on Friday a lack of funds had forced it to cut back rations for around one million people in Yemen, despite growing […]
One really never knows what one will find cruising around the jihadi forums. The other day I came across a pretty interesting thread asking who was the true Amir al-Mu’minin. […]
Yemen has announced that it has arrested 6 of the 12 potential suicide bombers that were on the loose. There is little information about when, where or how. Such is […]
Al-Tagheer republishes this piece by Faysal Mukrim of al-Hayat, which happens to be strangely similar to the piece written by Muhammad al-Ahmadi in al-Ghad, which is edited by Mukrim. Mareb […]
One of the things about thinking so much about one particular country is that everything tends to be processed through that one filter. This can be both good and bad. […]
I have a new article out in Newsweek that argues that any benefits from assassinating al-Awlaki should be weighed carefully against not only the questionable legality of such a strike […]
To any readers for whom this has not yet aired: Greg is on Newshour and on The Charlie Rose show this evening, talking, I believe, about recipes. Or Yemen. He […]
There have been numerous reports on Yemen in English that have been released in recent days – some good and some not so good – but few on which I […]
Well, having spent more time than even I like talking about Yemen today (for those keeping score at home apparently the limit sans qat is eight hours – nine hours […]
So, I am on the email list for Stratfor, an intelligence group, although I generally delete them. There is only so much time in a day. But today’s was titled […]