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Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Order from Chaos

Yemen’s disaster becomes “cataclysmic”

Bruce Riedel

Monday, July 6, 2020

Soldiers from the Saudi-led coalition secure a street pavement in Yemen's southern port city of Aden September 27, 2015. As Gulf-backed forces assemble in Marib province east of Sanaa ahead of a widely expected thrust towards the Houthi-held capital, the fate of Aden and its hinterland may offer a glimpse at whether some form of central government can be resurrected. To match Insight YEMEN-SECURITY/ADEN REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

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Governments are busy tackling COVID-19. So why are so many still doing arms deals?

Noha Aboueldahab

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Future Development

Yemen and COVID-19: The pandemic exacts its devastating toll

Omer Karasapan

Monday, June 15, 2020

TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA- Police and military carry out health checks on drivers as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia on April 14, 2020. King Salman of Saudi Arabia extended the curfew throughout the country until new notice due to the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus, as reported on Sunday (12) by the Interior Ministry. Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other major cities under a 24-hour curfew, blocking much of the population from stopping the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Order from Chaos

As a global economic crisis wreaks havoc on Saudi Arabia, the kingdom should reduce military spending

Bruce Riedel

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Reports

UN envoy Martin Griffiths leaves after a news conference on Yemen talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Middle East & North Africa

A renewed call for indigenous-led conflict resolution in the Arab states

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Yemen

Reclaiming Yemen: The role of the Yemeni professional diaspora

Noha Aboueldahab

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool - RC19885B9FF0

Middle East & North Africa

The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones

January 2019

Smoke rising from clashes is seen through a military vehicle during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 6, 2017.

Middle East & North Africa

The Middle East 2017

Kenneth M Pollack

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Report

The Middle East in transition

Kenneth M Pollack, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and General Lloyd J. Austin, III

Friday, August 14, 2015

Blog Posts

FILE PHOTO: Southern Yemeni separatist security members patrol a street during a campaign to seize unlicensed motorcycles in Aden, Yemen December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Following the separatist takeover of Yemen’s Aden, no end is in sight

Bruce Riedel

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Armed Houthi followers ride on the back of a truck outside a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen April 8, 2020. Picture taken April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Order from Chaos

Saudi Arabia wants out of Yemen

Bruce Riedel

Monday, April 13, 2020

SAADA, YEMEN- In the photos taken on February 4, 2020, it shows a displaced persons camp in Razih district in Saada province, Yemen, on February 4, 2020. In Yemen, 12 percent of the population is displaced after almost four years of conflict and 4.7 million children need humanitarian assistance to continue their education. Across the country, two million children do not go to school.

Future Development

Yemen’s civilians: Besieged on all sides

Omer Karasapan

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Why the Senate went against Trump on Yemen

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Thursday, November 29, 2018

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How a new resolution will affect U.S. troops in Yemen

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