Yemen Elections

On the eve of unified Yemen's first elections: will the regime combine the best of both experiences or return to one-man rule? Education reform faces demands to restore Sharia as the sole source of legislation.

السعودية في حرب اليمنوالرقص بين الثعابين!

Saudi Arabia in the Yemen War and Dancing Among Snakes!

As-Safir

Saleh armed the Houthis in 1994—now frames them as Iran's threat to extract Saudi funding. He dances between snakes.

Saudi expansion: The Lebanese Connection (1924-1952)

Hussein 'Uwayni—the first "Saudi national" to govern Lebanon, four decades before Hariri—and through him the Kingdom penetrated Lebanese politics: wealth buys honor, and the regional broker makes prime ministers.