Fatima Abo Alasrar

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Fatima Abo Alasrar |Behnam Ben Taleblu

It’s too soon for another US “mission accomplished” in the Middle East. President Donald Trump this month announced a halt to US airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, claiming the group “capitulated” and would cease targeting American vessels and Red Sea traffic.      But a Washington victory lap now, after more than fifty straight days of preemptive military force against the Iran-backed terror group, would be premature. After all, no ceasefire is born of a political vacuum.

3 weeks ago | agsi.org | Gregory D. Johnsen |Fatima Abo Alasrar |Hussein Ibish |Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Both the United States and the Houthis needed a deal for different reasons. But the deal won’t create any sort of lasting or sustainable framework for peace in the Red Sea. On May 6, following a 52-day bombing campaign in Yemen, President Donald J.