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Maysaa Shuja al-Deen

Yemen

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  • 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.

  • 1 month ago | sanaacenter.org | Maysaa Shuja al-Deen |Assafir al Araby |Al Masdar

    Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak speaks to former prime minister and now head of the National Political Bloc, Ahmed Obaid bin Dagher, during the coalition's launch event in Aden on November 5, 2024 // Photo by the National Political Bloc The formation of the National Political Bloc last November has raised pressing questions about the future of political parties and coalition-building in Yemen.

  • 1 month ago | sanaacenter.org | Maysaa Shuja al-Deen |Assafir al Araby

    As US airstrikes continue to target Houthi leaders in their strongholds, the prospect of Abdelmalek al-Houthi being eliminated raises important questions about the future of the group. This article first examines the significance of leadership within the Houthi group and the extent to which Abdelmalek al-Houthi influences it.

  • Feb 4, 2025 | sanaacenter.org | Maysaa Shuja al-Deen |Assafir al Araby

    The rapid and unexpected advance of opposition forces in Syria in late 2024, culminating in the overthrow of the Assad regime, has raised hopes in the anti-Houthi camp that a similar scenario could unfold in Yemen and deal another significant blow to the Iran-led Axis of Resistance. Yemenis see several parallels between their situation and that of Syria. Both the Houthis and the Assad regime were primary belligerents in a devastating civil war.

  • Dec 3, 2024 | sanaacenter.org | Maysaa Shuja al-Deen |Assafir al Araby

    This review was originally published in the British Yemeni Society Journal. Tribes in Yemen: An AnthologyMarieke Brandt (ed.)Ebook open access here. Tribes in Yemen: An Anthology, based on a workshop organized by Dr. Marieke Brandt in 2018, aims to rethink and update research on tribes and tribalism, reconnect the scholarly discourse with the present situation in Yemen, and provide new input to the discussion of tribalism in the Middle East, more broadly.