Yemen
Reports on Yemen See all →
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have diverging goals in Yemen
The United Arab Emirates is part of a Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis in Yemen. But recently, it has become clear that Abu Dhabi’s and Riyadh’s goals are diverging. While both the Emiratis and Saudis want to roll back Iran’s growing influence in the region, the UAE wants to divide Yemen, so it can gain more control around critical access points to the Red Sea. The tensions that will arise will further complicate the Yemen conflict.
Regime changes resulting in failed states
Saudi Arabia, supported directly or indirectly by a coalition of other Arab countries especially Egypt, has intervened with air strikes in Yemen's internal war. We can assume the Saudi intervention is backed by the US, writes Prince Michael of Liechtenstein.How did Yemen’s internal war develop? Powerful President Ali Abdullah Saleh, ...
Aden new capital on Yemen’s road to secession
Houthi rebels have occupied Yemen’s capital Sanaa for months. They put President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi under house arrest in January 2015, but he escaped to Yemen’s second largest city, Aden, writes Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. Now the president has named Aden as the country’s temporary capital.GIS, when analysing the Yemen ...
Yemen’s fragmentation
The international community was hoping for democracy in Yemen after President Mansour Abdrabbuh Hadi took over in 2011 following the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ unrest, writes Prince Michael of Liechtenstein.He took the presidency, with support from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, following the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh who ...
Yemen’s turmoil poses wider threat
Houthi insurgents - Shia rebels - have overrun Yemen's capital Sanaa and conquered the port city of Al Hudaydah, one of Yemen’s largest towns on the Red Sea, writes Prince Michael of Liechtenstein.The Houthis, founded in 2004, control large parts of northern Yemen. They fight what they claim is discrimination ...
