Greg mentioned below that there is news about the Huthi rebellion being drowned out a little by all the AQAP coverage. For those new to the blog, we won’t get […]
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I was all set to turn in for the night, when I came across this piece about Jonathan Shainin. I was lucky enough to write two pieces that Jonathan commissioned […]
Late last week I linked to a transcript from al-Arabiyya’s Industry of Death program, entitled “al-Qaeda in Yemen.” True to my word, I woke up Saturday morning and started reading […]
One of the things I regret about this blog to date, is the relatively few number of times I have been able to shoehorn in references to Dhu al-Fiqar, al-Tahara […]
I have been promising myself that I would write a long post analyzing Tariq al-Fadhli’s joining of the southern movement, but it turns out that I won’t likely have any […]
The Yemeni papers are full of the tragic news of the Yemenia crash last night off the coast of the Comoros Islands. The victims and their families are in our […]
For those who may have missed it, the new issue of the CTC Sentinel is out. Even though they don’t let me write for them anymore they still have good […]
There is much going on in Yemen this morning, but briefly, the two main stories are al-‘Awfi’s confession and the fighting in Ja’ar. I first heard about al-‘Awfi’s confession last […]
Still little word on the remaining kidnapping victims, although Yemen says the search is on-going. Three are dead and one more wounded from the same family, which the government is […]
As the Huthi rebellion continues to gain more international attention, I’m worried that we will start to see more reports like this one from NPR. There really isn’t much here, […]
In what is becoming a sad and sick habit lately, I’m desperately trying to meet a deadline and keeping various editors at bay, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have […]
A weekend of personal travel and holiday fun has put me behind in the blogging game, but I will try to catch up on all the news we missed over […]
So, right now, Ali Abdullah Salih is being parodied on Saturday Night Live. For long-time Yemen observers, and Waq al-Waq readers, we have entered very strange times.
Several days ago I wrote an op-ed for the New York Times arguing that assassinating Anwar al-Awlaki would do little to keep the US safer from attacks stemming from AQAP. […]
I am back from a short trip to DC and ready to catch up on all the Yemen news. Today the new issue of the CTC Sentinel from West Point […]
Last night at a dinner in DC I had a chance to pose the question of spelling v. pronunciation of Jazan/Jizan to a Saudi official. He explained to me that […]
قال مصدر مسئول في وزارة الدفاع بأن ما أعلنه عبدالملك الحوثي حول وقف الحرب ضد المملكة العربية السعودية وانسحابه من أراضيها التي تسلل وقام بالاعتداء عليها ليس سوى محاولة جديدة […]
… check out this piece in The National by Mohammed al-Qadhi on the problems with the south. I would draw attention to this quote towards the end of the piece […]
Well it turns out DC didn’t have that much snow after all, but on the plus side I was able to renew my love affair with Amtrak, which even a […]
I was going to write something about the alleged truce, but I can’t quite wrap my mind around. I will say, though, that if you are someone who looks around […]
For those with an interest in hearing me talk as opposed to just reading the blog, I will be on the Takeaway at the very early hour of 7:30 am […]
The big news coming out of Yemen today is that roughly 40 prisoners – southern activists – escaped from a jail in al-Dhala after a guard threw a hand grenade […]
Today’s papers are, as you can imagine, full of stories about Muhammad al-‘Awfi and how and when he turned himself in or was captured.CNN has this story on al-‘Awfi that […]
Here at Waq al-waq we rarely take a stand on issues (unless it is how to transliterate Arabic words) or endorse different things, but from time to time we break […]
Today is just one of those days when, try as I might, I just can’t keep my mind on the work I’m supposed to be doing and am instead sucked […]
Keeping with our theme of aging politicians, News Yemen has this piece on former Prime Minister Bajammal’s return to San’a.
It is a bit too late, after that last post, for another one on al-Qaeda so instead we have one on Bedouin poetry.This article features friend of this blog and […]
In today’s issue of today’s papers Greg asks why the government isn’t linking the bombings to al–Wahayshi or al–Raymi. My feeling is that the bombing, while troubling and scary, is […]
According to a statement posted to jihadi forums, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is claiming responsibility for the suicide attack that killed four South Korean tourists and a Yemeni guide […]
Al-Sharq al-Awsat has the run down of yesterday’s fighting in Zanjibar. From these news reports including the one in al-Quds al-Arabi and Mareb Press’ coverage of the clashes as well […]