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Smoke rises from the Faj Attan Hill area in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, on April 9, 2015, following an alleged air strike by the Saudi-led alliance on Shi’ite Houthi rebel camps. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)


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US President Barack Obama pauses while he talks about the Affordable Care Act in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on November 14, 2013.
(REUTERS/Larry Downing)


Opinion: Obama is always wrong on the Middle East

Opinion: Obama is always wrong on the Middle East

In his interview with journalist Thomas Friedman this week, US President Barack Obama said that the threat to regional states, including Saudi Arabia, is not Iranian intervention, but rather “internal threats.” Can this be true? The reality is that Obama has an...
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Armed men stand guard outside a local authority compound after taking it over in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, on February 16, 2015. (Reuters/Yaser Hasan)


Opinion: Yemen and the Sudden Sense of Humanity

Opinion: Yemen and the Sudden Sense of Humanity

Following Russia’s sudden humanitarian concern over Yemen, we have witnessed a situation akin to a relay race over this concern. Iran picked up the baton from Russia. In the words of Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s sole concern is with the...
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Rubble and heavy damage remain on a deserted street during a government escorted visit to Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on April 9, 2015. (AP Photo)


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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) shakes hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on April 9, 2015 in Panama City, Panama. (AFP Photo/ Handout/US State Department)