Yemen

  • Apr 27, 2012
  • 7 min read

Yemen's fragile transition keeps civil war at bay

Islamist militants claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack on a gas pipeline in eastern...

Yemen
  • Apr 9, 2012
  • 2 min read

Airport showdown highlights fragile Yemen transition

The international airport reopened yesterday, a day after it was forced to close by loyalists of...

Yemen
  • Mar 12, 2012
  • 11 min read

Prospects for Arab economies in the second quarter

The Arab world's economies will take widely different courses next quarter as the political...

Middle East
  • Feb 21, 2012
  • 2 min read

Yemen's new president faces authority challenges

Violence disrupted polling in southern Yemen today as the country held a presidential election to...

Yemen
  • Feb 14, 2012
  • 7 min read

Al-Qaida link complicates Somali transition outlook

Al-Shabaab yesterday staged a rally outside Mogadishu to celebrate its ties to al-Qaida....

Somalia
  • Feb 3, 2012
  • 7 min read

Qatari foreign policy activism encounters constraints

The UN Security Council will today consider a draft resolution which supports an Arab League...

Qatar
  • Jan 11, 2012
  • 7 min read

Weakening Saleh may still undermine Yemen's transition

Prime Minister Mohammed Basindwa visited Saudi Arabia yesterday to secure financial support for...

Yemen
  • Jan 4, 2012
  • 6 min read

Arab uprisings will increase oil supply pressures

The Arab uprisings intensified volatility in the oil market last year, with the price of Brent...

Middle East