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 […]
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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 […]
I was listening to this discussion on WorldFocus between Christopher Boucek and Sudarsan Raghavan and one thing that the latter said stood out to me, and that is that he […]
Oh, and for those that missed it, everyone’s favorite shaykh, ‘Abd al-Majid al-Zindani gave a wide-ranging interview to al-Wasat, which was republished by Mareb Press. Good news by the way, […]
You can almost set your watch by them at this point. I love this quote.When asked if the project would be delayed further, Technip (TECF.PA) CEO Thierry Pilenko said: “Whatever […]
There is a new AQAP audio tape, with an accompanying transcript, that has been posted to jihadi forums. I’m downloading it at the moment. This tape was teased in the […]
Protests spread, and a soldier is killed as a checkpoint is attacked. The attack was apparently led my MPs. Here’s a quote.The (official)sources said that two members of parliament were […]
A bank car was robbed yesterday in Aden, with the thieves getting away with almost 100 million rials (a little less than half a million US). Now, given what else […]
Narratives are extremely important in any war, but especially in a civil war. In a civil war, or a rebellion, insurgency, justified uprising (depending on your narrative), one side is […]
Kelly McEvers of NPR has a piece on al–Qaeda in Saudi Arabia and Yemen on Morning Edition this morning. It features both Thomas Hegghammerand myself talking about Saudi and Yemen […]
My postings will be greatly reduced over the next few weeks as I work on a couple of projects that will leave little time for blogging. However, I have been […]
I’ll be traveling for the next three days, and postings will be fairly light. Although we will try to bring the wit and charm you have come to expect from […]
For all Waq al-waq readers please turn to C-Span’s Washington Journal, my favorite show, to see Richard Fontaine talking about Yemen and al-Qaeda.
We’ve managed to avoid a number of stories coming out of Yemen over the weekend, including the increasing rhetoric between the government and the Huthis – never a good sign. […]