Yemen
Al-Qaida link complicates Somali transition outlook
Al-Shabaab yesterday staged a rally outside Mogadishu to celebrate its ties to al-Qaida....
SomaliaQatari foreign policy activism encounters constraints
The UN Security Council will today consider a draft resolution which supports an Arab League...
QatarWeakening Saleh may still undermine Yemen's transition
Prime Minister Mohammed Basindwa visited Saudi Arabia yesterday to secure financial support for...
YemenArab uprisings will increase oil supply pressures
The Arab uprisings intensified volatility in the oil market last year, with the price of Brent...
Middle EastSaleh transition deal is likely to falter
Thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in Sanaa today in protest against the role of former regime...
YemenSaleh's exit offers Yemen chance to avert civil war
President Ali Abdallah Saleh signed a deal yesterday that will see him step down after 33 years...
YemenProspects for Arab economies in 2012
Arab economies have followed widely different trajectories in 2011. Oil producing countries, with...
Middle EastProspects for Arab politics in 2012
The outcome of the 2011 political upheavals should become clearer in 2012 following elections in...
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