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Iran attacks Israel: what does it mean and what happens next?

Yemen

Middle East

Iran attacks Israel: what does it mean and what happens next?

Right now, the attack looks constrained

Charles Lipson

The US is unwise to lift restrictions on the sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia

Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of munitions previously held up will now be delivered over the coming months

Daniel DePetris

Waging war through poetry

It is through verse that the Houthi regime asserts its legitimacy, confounds its enemies and rallies its supporters

Barnaby Rogerson

How Yemen’s Houthis became intolerant

They are responsible for closing the book on 3,000 years of Jewish history in the country

Yosef Yuval Tobi

Middle East

The resilience of the Houthis makes them worth taking seriously

They are used to being on the receiving end of superior firepower

Daniel DePetris

Middle East
January 12, 2024
How the Houthis became more than ‘tribal hillbillies’
Like many of Iran’s so-called proxies, the group has their own independent history
Arash Azizi
Middle East
December 26, 2023
The West’s muddled response in the Red Sea
Twenty countries joined the US’s Operation Prosperity Guardian. Then Spain pulled out
Angus Colwell
Trade
December 21, 2023
Could Red Sea ship attacks prompt the start of a global economic crisis?
Attacks on shipping by Iranian-backed Houthis has reminded the world of how much trade is reliant on free passage through the Bab-al-Mandeb Strait
Ross Clark
International
April 5, 2023
The UN’s constant famine crisis problem
The World Food Program’s manic rhetoric could lead to accusations of crying wolf
Cockburn
Middle East
July 11, 2022
Don’t expect much from Biden’s Middle East trip
Outcomes will likely be unimpressive
Daniel DePetris
Middle East
May 17, 2022
‘America or chaos’ is a false choice
Foreign policy leadership does not mean getting involved in every conflict
Daniel DePetris
Middle East
April 12, 2022
Washington’s dirtiest war at last goes silent
There’s been a ceasefire in Yemen, though you can forgive the Yemenis for having doubts
Daniel DePetris
Middle East
March 22, 2022
What’s the difference between Yemen and Ukraine?
We’ve been brutal towards Russia and tepid towards the Saudis. Why?
Daniel DePetris
Middle East
January 19, 2022
The decline of drone killings
Under Joe Biden, drones are being used far less as a tool of war. But will it stick?
Daniel DePetris
Middle East
March 27, 2021
The dark Prince
A short history of a very modern mercenary
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

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