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Page with a chronological overview of the country file articles published on the Chronicle website.
The Unexpected Rise of Yemen’s Abdel Malek al-Houthi
The group notably ignored advice from Tehran not to capture Sanaa back in 2014. Al-Houthi’s independence thus suggests that he is primarily driven by a domestic agenda rather than a desire to help Hezbollah and Iran exert control over the region. That c...Geopolitics and Stubborn Leaders Determining Direction of War in Yemen
A recent UN report found that all sides in the conflict may have committed war crimes, including the Houthis. The group has been accused of indiscriminate fire in urban areas and of recruiting child soldiers who are as young as eight years old.A War Within a War in Yemen’s South
In any event, Yemen is clearly far more complex than a two-sided proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, as it is often framed. It is a battleground where regional interests and historical divisions have converged, resulting in one of the worst humanitarian...Khadija al-Salami, a Yemeni Child Bride Who Became a Diplomat
“I felt strongly – even at that age – that with an education I could become anybody and do anything I wanted,” writes Yemeni film director Khadija al-Salami in her book The Tears of Sheba. At the age of 11, she was married off to an older man...Yemeni President Hadi, a Reluctant Leader Who Became a Stubborn One
Ever since Hadi took over the presidency, things went wrong. Despite some reshuffles in the leadership of the armed forces, he did not manage to get rid of the remains of the Saleh-clan. Instead, he started appointing his own family members and cronies...Yemen a Pawn in Regional Struggle for Influence
But due to (still relatively small) Iranian influence in Yemen, the Saudis and Emiratis will be obliged to work together in the medium term. As the Brookings Institution’s Bruce Riedel put it, ‘The war costs Tehran a few million dollars per month, whi...War in Yemen Further Complicated by Saudi Arabia-Iran Rivalry
The brutal civil war in Yemen has become further complicated after Saudi officials announced on 4 November 2017 that they had intercepted a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen near Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. The officials blamed I...Yemen: Cholera in the Time of War
The latest catastrophe to hit the country is a cholera outbreak. Almost 167,000 cases have been reported since the outbreak began in April 2017 and 1,146 people have died, according to the World Health Organisation. However, the ongoing war has contributed...
