The Houthi-Saleh alliance has come to a violent end outside Sanaa.

Are we entering a new phase of the Saudi-Iran contest for the Middle East?

How US-brokered safe zones could play out in the warzones of Syria and Yemen.

A map of the major antagonists in Yemen following the recent fall of Taiz to Houthi rebels.

Washington just lost its ‘boots on the ground’ on the next major front in the war against Sunni extremism.

Considering the warring factions, stunted opportunities for economic growth, an imminent oil shortage, and the severe water problems, Yemen is a social and security time bomb.

The latest massive disclosure of classified US State Department documents by Wikileaks will surely damage US diplomacy for years to come.

While the central government struggles to cope with bubbling discontent in both north and south Yemen, Al Qaeda stands poised to expand into any vacuum that may form.