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Member of the Shi’ite Houthi militia stand guard on a wall surrounding the old city of Sana’a, Yemen, on 01 January 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)


Opinion: Why the Lebanese scenario won’t work in Yemen

Opinion: Why the Lebanese scenario won’t work in Yemen

by | Apr 10, 2015 | Opinion

A Persian proverb warns that “not every recipe is fit for every banquet.” The idea is that a method that might work in one case need not necessarily work in every case. Applied to empire-building enterprises, the wisdom of this dictum is apparent in the case of Iran’s...