Nabeel Khoury

East Coast United States, Washington, D.C., United States

Non-resident Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC

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Articles

Yemen’s Houthi Movement Reconsidered

2 weeks ago | arabcenterdc.org | Nabeel Khoury

In January 2019, this author posed the question, “can one make peace with the Houthis of Yemen?” In the six years since, the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, have grown in power and regional influence, including through their interdiction of Red Sea shipping and firing of missiles at Israel in support of the Palestinians of Gaza. More than a decade after their takeover of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, the question of war and peace with the group persists.
Foreign Policy in the Second Trump Administration Takes Shape

Nov 19, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Nabeel Khoury

The foundations of President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy are now taking shape.
Nasrallah’s Killing Prompts Serious Calculations

Sep 30, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Tamara Kharroub |Nabeel Khoury

Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has shocked many in Lebanon and the region regardless of what they thought of the man and his organization. As a personality, Nasrallah’s charisma was arguably equal to that of late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose defeat in the 1967 war and death in 1970 sent shock waves throughout the Arab world.
Middle East Trajectories Emanating from the War on Gaza

May 2, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Nabeel Khoury

Israel’s still unfolding war on Gaza is finishing its seventh month with no let-up in sight. The Palestinian death toll from Israeli operations 34,000 while close to 78,000 have been injured. More than 80 percent of Gaza’s population, 1.9 million, have been displaced. At least 62 percent of homes, almost 300,000, have been rendered uninhabitable, and damage to infrastructure stands at some $18.5 billion.
From Gaza to Yemen and Back: The Biden Administration’s Confused Strategy

Feb 1, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Nabeel Khoury

On January 17, the Biden administration announced it was adding Yemen’s Houthis (also called Ansar Allah) to the US terrorist list. The move returned the rebel group to the category applied by the Trump administration but lifted by President Joe Biden soon after he took office. On January 12, American and British naval forces attacked Ansar Allah sites and assets following three weeks of their assaults on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
The Far East Pivots to the Middle East

Jan 3, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Nabeel Khoury

The phrase “Pivot to the East,” popularized during the Obama administration, signified a realization of the rising importance of China and of growing US interests in the Far East, and therefore the need to pay less attention to the Middle East and more to carefully calibrating the relationship with China. The pivot idea represented President Barack Obama’s desire to end US military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan and dedicate more diplomatic effort and resources to the Pacific Rim nations.
Assessing Yemen as a Second Front in the Gaza War

Dec 1, 2023 | arabcenterdc.org | Nabeel Khoury

On November 19, Yemen’s Houthis hijacked a cargo ship indirectly linked to Israel as it was traveling in the Red Sea. Much like their firing of missiles toward Israel’s Eilat in October, the rebel group’s ship seizure was a symbolic act declaring that it is throwing its lot in with Hezbollah and Hamas to stop Israel’s war on Gaza. That the ship, named the Galaxy Leader, is neither Israeli-owned nor operated diminishes the likelihood of an immediate Israeli or US military response.
Gaza and the Harbingers of Future Conflict

Oct 31, 2023 | arabcenterdc.org | Nabeel Khoury

The shock of civilian deaths in the latest Israel-Hamas conflagration is both a marker and a warning. It is a marker because for the first time Palestinians took the military initiative, breaking out of their Gaza Strip confinement and attacking multiple targets inside Israel. The shock of civilian casualties on the Israeli side has prompted calls for revenge which have already led to unprecedented destruction and high civilian casualties in Gaza.