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Anti-Houthi fighters of the Southern Popular Resistance stand on a tank in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden May 10, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY – RTX1CCV8

Yemeni Government Forces Gain Leverage by Freeing Beihan

by Bassam al-Qadi | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

Aden- The Shabwah Governorate is considered a vital location for Yemeni insurgent militia, across which oil byproducts can be smuggled. The area is also a prominent barren desert rich with fossil fuels. Given that the governorate is close to Marib and Al Bayda cities,...

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Opinion: A Strong Message from London against the ‘Clash of Civilizations’

by Eyad Abu Shakra | May 18, 2016 | Opinion

Last Thursday morning I voted early in the London suburb where I live, before taking the train to my office in Central London. To be frank, a few weeks before election day I was not very keen to vote, given how many times I have been disappointed with politics during...

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Opinion: Yemen After a Year- Victory or Defeat?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 5, 2016 | Opinion

A year has passed since the Saudi-led Arab coalition launched a war in Yemen after the legitimate government was overthrown! The question “What is the result?” arises. Do we say that Sana’a was not liberated and that the coalition did not eradicate enemy forces? Or do...

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shows the Mosul Dam on the Tigris River, around 50 kilometres north of the Iraqi city of Mosul. The risk of Iraq’s largest dam collapsing and unleashing a huge wave onto Mosul is affecting plans to retake the city from jihadists, an adviser to the premier’s office said on February 10, 2016. / AFP

Opinion: Syria – Retrieving Land is Not Victory

by Tariq Alhomayed | Feb 10, 2016 | Opinion

Talk in Syria right now focusses on the areas that the Assad regime has retrieved with Russian aerial support and that of fighters from Shiite militias on the ground, under Iranian leadership. Have the Russians succeeded? Has Assad broken the ring altogether? Does...