by Nayef Al-Rasheed | May 1, 2017 | Middle East
Riyadh- Yemen’s Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr said on Sunday armed trafficking going en route the Hodeidah port continues and threatens the security of both Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Daghr urged that local, Arab and international forces monitor the port. The...
by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jul 24, 2014 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Unprecedented amounts of weapons and ammunition are being smuggled into Egypt from Libya, a senior Egyptian military official said just days after suspected smugglers killed 21 Egyptian military border guards on the Egyptian–Libyan border. The...
by Yousef Al-Dayni | Feb 9, 2013 | Opinion
It is no coincidence that Iran’s role in Yemen is growing steadily with the imminent demise of its Syrian ally. All the signs tell us that Iran’s ambition is to penetrate the Gulf states through this flank of the Arabian Peninsula, namely Yemen, a country...