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Published in: openDemocracyUKJeremy Hunt thinks it would be 'moral bankruptcy' NOT to arm Saudi Arabia. Sorry, what?Next month the case against British arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen goes to the Court of Appeal....
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Published in: HomeNorth Korea is selling arms and breaking sanctions – does anyone care?Arming Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Libya, and making huge fuel transfers on the high seas – it embarrasses Trump, but...
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Published in: HomeMigrant crisis in Europe? Look at YemenJust to be clear, this means that more desperate people crossed the Red Sea into Yemen in 2018 than crossed the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProspects for Yemen in 2019 and beyondThe fear and terror induced by this situation, combined with unbearable survival conditions are creating a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow Britain is a bad influence on the Gulf states – an interview with David WearingCould Britain ever promote democracy in the Gulf? Only if it turns its own foreign policy away from neoliberalism...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFamine in Yemen: long announced, now on our screensWhat are world leaders doing? Where is the ‘international community’ Yemenis so often appeal to?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe West’s approach to Saudi Arabia: ‘one step forward, two steps back’Western powers are actively enabling the very human rights violations they seek to expose.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHodeida: prospects of humanitarian catastrophe brings Yemen back into the newsWas the decision to carry out the offensive in the summer, when living conditions are the worst for the population,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAgainst solidarity of the powerfulIs it true that western powers’ silence over Yemen stands in opposition to their solidarity for the Syrians? Or, or...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHas the Yemeni state ceased to exist?Is it the disappearance of the Yemeni state that has resulted in the suffering of Yemenis?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWretched third anniversary of international intervention in Yemen: the Saudi-led coalition and humanitarian disaster. Part 2Trump’s recent senior appointments suggest an increasingly virulent anti-Iranian strategy which certainly coincides...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn a wretched third anniversary of the international intervention in Yemen, is the rise of the Huthis irresistible? Part 1Only the Huthis would ‘celebrate’ three years of war with a theatrical performance including singing, dancing and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs Sweden complicit in war crimes in Yemen?Despite the documented crimes of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, Sweden continues to sell arms to Saudi Arabia and...
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Published in: 50.50Activist Reham Al-Bader’s death in Yemen shows the dangers women face providing lifelines in conflictWomen in Yemen are challenging the death and destruction around them, often paying a heavy price. Yet, their voices...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCounter-terrorism: new UK strategy must learn obvious lessonsSince 2001, Britain has compromised its passion for the rights of people in the name of counter-terrorism, thereby...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Saudi Arabia and Iran shared the rise and fall of Ali Abdullah SalehThe commonly held view that the conflicts in Yemen – and elsewhere in the region – are a proxy war between Iran and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYou've kept your power, Arab rulers, but at what cost?Let us never forget that those who make peaceful uprisings impossible will eventually make violent revolution irresistible.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNot a Saudi ‘Arab spring’: Mohammad Bin Salman, a threat not a reformer [Part 2]Mohammad bin Salman is now MENA’s main threat to peace, stability, and hope for democratization in the Arab world.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen: 2017 in review2017 has been a year of utter despair in light of countless human rights atrocities committed on multi-fronts.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWestern complicity is fuelling Yemen’s humanitarian crisisA besieged and starved population has been pushed to the brink of famine. The UK, US and France need to re-evaluate...
