A conference organized by the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies and Saferworld in the city of Seyoun, Hadramawt, successfully concluded on December 11, building on ongoing efforts to facilitate community engagement in mediation and the peace process. The conference is a part of a project implemented by the Sana’a Center in partnership with Saferworld with the aim of exploring alternative…
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The Sana’a Center Presents the Outcomes of the Second Yemen International Forum
PRESS RELEASE | Over 100 Yemeni and international diplomats, stakeholders, civil society representatives, and journalists attended the online launch of the Second Yemen International Forum (YIF II) report, “Pathways to a Just, Inclusive and Sustainable Peace in Yemen,” on Monday, December 4, 2023. Organized by the Sana’a Center, the event highlighted the main outcomes of the YIF, held in the…
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How the Gaza Crisis Could Bring Iran and Al-Qaeda in Yemen Together
In early November, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance in the region had no prior knowledge of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation carried out by Hamas against Israel on October 7. This could be true from a tactical and operational perspective, since Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, appears to have prepared the operation under…
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Bios: The Houthi Delegates to Riyadh
A Houthi delegation flew to Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, on September 14 for the latest round of negotiations to end nine years of war in Yemen. A year after the United Nations officially brokered a truce in April 2022, talks have slowly shifted from backchannels to direct public meetings. The high visibility of their first-ever confirmed visit to Saudi Arabia…
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Sana'a Center Editorial Blackouts and Blackholes: Yemen’s Vanishing Electricity Supply
One of the most visceral signs of state collapse in Yemen isn’t frontline fighting or food insecurity – it’s the inability of the internationally recognized government to provide electricity. For several years now, the approach of summer has meant bracing for extended blackouts in many parts of the country. With the intense heat and humidity, life becomes almost unbearable for…
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Houthis Visit Riyadh as Bilateral Talks Move Forward
A Houthi delegation arrived in Riyadh for discussions with Omani and Saudi officials on September 14, the first time Houthi representatives have publicly visited the Saudi capital since the war in Yemen began. The bilateral talks now appear to be moving rapidly toward the announcement of an agreement. The Houthi delegation met with Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, and…
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Houthi Missiles and Drones Target Israel
The outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza on October 7 galvanized Houthi forces, who have used their strategic position on the Red Sea to threaten Israeli and US forces in the region – or at least give their supporters the impression that they are doing so. This culminated on October 31, when Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea…
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Prime Minister Denies Allegations of Government Corruption
Prime Minister Maeen Abdelmalek Saaed denied allegations of corruption against his government made in a parliamentary report during a press conference on September 4. The alleged violations include mismanagement and corruption amounting to YR2.8 trillion (approximately US$1.9 billion) across the electricity, energy, telecommunications, and financial sectors. Saaed attacked the report of a parliament fact-finding committee, calling the accusations malicious and…
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The Black Waters of Total
A strange curse seems to be hanging over Sah district. Cultivable plots, once lush with crops, pastures, limes, watermelons, and onions, have been abandoned. Blackened at the base, twisted and staggering, the trail of date palms stands out in the desolate landscape. On his doorstep sits 36-year-old Mohammed Ali Salem Sourour, listening to the song of the birds, which are…
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Cyclone Tej Undescores Yemen’s Climate Crisis Ahead of COP 28
Cyclone Tej struck Yemen in the last week of October, ripping through the archipelago of Socotra, making landfall in the governorate of Al-Mahra, and wreaking havoc in Hadramawt, Shabwa, and Al-Dhalea. The cyclone brought rainfall and severe flooding, destroyed homes and roads, cut off electricity and communication networks, and displaced thousands of families. According to the Yemen Red Crescent Society,…
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