Casey Coombs is a researcher at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies. Coombs also works as an independent journalist, reporting extensively on Yemen, where he was based between 2012 and 2015. Prior to Yemen, he reported from United Nations headquarters in New York, covering UN Security Council work on the Arab political uprisings.
He holds BAs in English & Anthropology and an MS in International Relations.
Casey's latest contributions
The Yemen Review Quarterly: October-December 2024
Politics and Diplomacy
In response to dramatic regional developments stemming from the Gaza war and domestic pressure inside Yemen, the Houthis () pivoted on several fronts. Houthi leader Abdelmalek al-Houthi quickly … Read more
The Yemen Review Quarterly: October-December 2024
Houthi leader Abdelmalek al-Houthi sought to reposition his movement as the head of the Iran-led Axis of Resistance. Israel’s destruction of Gaza and attacks on Lebanon’s Hezbollah, including the … Read more
The Yemen Review Quarterly: July-September 2024
Politics and Diplomacy
The Houthi Security and Intelligence Service has continued airing forced confessions by former employees of the US embassy in Sana’a, making increasingly outlandish claims of decades-long US spy … Read more
The Yemen Review Quarterly: July-September 2024
On July 19, a Houthi drone reached Tel Aviv, killing one person and wounding ten, the first time the Houthi group (Ansar Allah) has inflicted casualties in an attack against Israel. Israel responded … Read more
Child Soldiers in Marib and Shabwa
The prevalence of child soldiers fighting in Yemen’s war has become common knowledge as Houthi () forces continue to publicly recruit and deploy children in military operations.[1] Other armed groups … Read more
