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Items by Yaseen Tamimi
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On the US sanctions and regional support for parallel entities in Yemen
There is a very important development represented by the US classification of the Houthi group as a foreign terrorist organisation, which entered into force at the beginning of March, signifying the beginning of the decline in the relationship between Washington and the group. There is another development that is...
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The Saudi-UN road map that will lead Yemenis to hell
There are no obstacles today facing the Yemeni parties that prevent them from signing the Saudi-UN road map with humanitarian, political and security paths. The Houthis have acknowledged this, and they are the party that placed most of these obstacles, after the kingdom committed to meeting their demands, most...
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Did the Houthis succeed in disrupting the oil sector?
Last Wednesday, the Iranian-backed Houthi group and Iranian Shahed drones targeted the Qena Oil Port – which likely does not appear on Google maps – in the third attack of its kind within a month as part of an aggressive plot aimed at disrupting oil production and export that...
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Yemenis in Saudi Arabia face humiliation, arbitrary measures and forced expulsion
In southern Saudi Arabia, which is historically part of Yemen, the Yemenis who provide quality services to the local people in the higher education and health sectors are now under threat. Without warning, more than 100 university and medical staff have had their contracts terminated with immediate effect at...
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Some people propose peace in Yemen on the terms of armed gangs
Some American analysts have gone beyond the views of the State Department towards the war in Yemen and said that the Houthis have won against the Saudi Arabia-led coalition as if the Yemeni people no longer exist. The administration of US President Joe Biden, they insist, must acknowledge this...
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There are dangerous signs for the fate of the Saudi intervention in Yemen
The commander of the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen, Aidarus Al-Zoubaidi, appeared last month in the guise of a full-fledged president, surrounded by Saudi Arabian guards, meeting figures who are said to be separatist southerners and raising the separatist flag alongside the Saudi flag. All of these are bad...
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Yemen: are Saudi plans contributing to the fall of Marib?
Nowadays, the Marib governorate is at the forefront of the scenario in Yemen as it is a top target for a comprehensive military operation to gain control that the Houthis have been involved in for about two months. More than 2.5 million people live there, including refugees, and the...
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There are dangerous repercussions for Yemen from UAE-Israel normalisation
Gulf normalisation with Israel is picking up pace due to the tremendous electoral pressure imposed by US President Donald Trump on the states which are existentially linked to America for their security. Another common denominator that unites all of the normalisers is their participation in a military coalition fighting...