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Over the past several days I have been asked numerous times to explain what I think the US should do in Yemen, and while I am not a policymaker and […]
Here is the transcript and video from the PBS News Hour yesterday.
Most of the papers this morning are full of the news that al–Raymi and everyone else survived the attack late last week, which the Yemeni government had claimed killed six […]
The Yemeni government is attempting to take the fight to al–Qaeda, using helicopters to comb the governorates of Marib, Shabwa, Hadramawt, and probably al–Jawf. (All of this makes me wonder […]
After a nice weekend away from work – thanks Manayunk Brewery – I’m back and ready to re-start the morning papers portion of the program.First, however, a few comments on […]
I returned home from vacation to find that apparently both Brian and the readership of this blog also decided to take a few days off. The news, however, did not. […]
Greg is testifying before the Senate today, along with several others. Here is the link to get the transcripts, and there is also video. I have been watching it, and […]
Yemen’s Special Terrorism Court, not to be confused with its Special Court for the Media, announced today that it had sentenced six al-Qaeda suspects to death and the remaining 10 […]
Last week, following a Mareb Press story, I wrote a bit about the possibility of US drones patrolling the skies over Marib looking for AQAP membersThe story, it seems, has […]
Here at Waq al-waq I like to point out how important it is to know Arabic, partly because I have spent so long studying the language but also because if […]
Given this week’s attack on al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, I would like to point out a new article from Alistair Harris and Michael Page entitled: The State of Yemen. This […]
Al-Arabiyya and numerous other outlets are reporting that two al-Qaeda suspects have been killed and other was taken into custody today at a checkpoint in the southern Saudi city of […]
Just some more numbers confirming what we already know. Oil is falling, defecit is rising. I swear, one of these days we’ll have a nice post.
I realize that most of Waq al-waq’s long-time and loyal readers (as silent as you usually are) are well aware of the complicated tribal politics in Yemen, but since Waq […]
There are now three conflicting narratives about what exactly happened in Marib last week in the fighting between al-Qaeda and the Yemeni government. There is a media narrative, a government […]
Earlier this week Waq al-waq was rightly criticized for ignoring a number of Yemeni issues and while we don’t claim or even aim to be a one-stop shop for all […]
Apologies for the extended absence from Waq al-waq, but the shop is back up and running after a few detours on the way back from Yemen. First up is this […]
Al-Tagheer is reporting that the delegation under the command of ‘Abd al-Qadir Hilal brokered an initial agreement yesterday between the protesters and the army, which was supposed to be implemented […]
A fairly but not fully comprehensive list of articles I have written.Don’t Assassinate the Dangerous Cleric al-Awlaki, Newsweek (April 13, 2010)Yemen’s Come Power Struggle, The National (March 18, 2010)AQAP in […]
Both Brian and myself have done some more radio interviews.Brian was on the Takeaway this morningAnd I was in an NPR piece from Jackie Northam last night. (I have actually […]
Today, as many know, is the 44th anniversary of the assassination of one of this blog’s hero and a hero to many in Yemen, Muhammad Mahmud al-Zubayri. This blog takes […]
I know we have a number of readers in Yemen, which ranks just behind the UK and the US in readership, and soundly trounces Norway in fourth place, and so […]
My schedule hasn’t really allowed me the time to blog, but I have been thinking about AQAP’s statement on the suicide attacks in north Yemen last week. The statement – […]
In what can only be described as an “oh no, not this too,” moment, a car bomb exploded in the middle of a procession of al-Huthi followers celebrating the controversial […]
I have often wondered what I would say if I could say something without my name being attached to my comments, I’m still not sure. But I would certainly request […]
Deadlines and an excess of “real” work has kept blogging to a minimum over the past couple of days, but now having righted our small and fragile universe Waq al-waq […]
For those in Washington and looking for something to do on December 10, I will be part of a panel discussing Yemen for the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations,
On Tuesday evening fighting broke out between the Huthis and Salafi and tribal elements near the Salafi center in Dammaj. Al-Quds al-Arabi has this incredibly well-informed account. The immediate details […]