Yemen’s long, bloody “civil war” which has essentially become a proxy war between Iran and Gulf Arabs is correctly seen as a humanitarian tragedy. Too many, however, including President Joe Biden, mistakenly think that solving the tragedy requires blaming the wrong side, effectively exonerating
Yemen’s long, bloody “civil war” which has essentially become a proxy war between Iran and Gulf Arabs is correctly seen as a humanitarian tragedy. Too many, however, including President Joe Biden, mistakenly think that solving the tragedy requires blaming the wrong side, effectively exonerating the real culprits and their surrogates. Biden said last week in his first presidential foreign .
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5 February 2021 • 12:04pm
The war in Yemen has been a horrific human meat-grinder since 2015. Humanitarian agencies calculate at least 100,000 civilian deaths since then. The bulk of the population teeters on the brink of starvation. Little wonder that President Biden’s announcement that Washington would no longer provide support like offensive weapons and intelligence to Saudi Arabia against the Houthis in Yemen has been widely hailed as a key step to peace.
Posted : 2021-01-28 16:32
Updated : 2021-01-28 19:58
This is the last of a two-part article written by Dr. James M. Dorsey, a Middle East expert, about the rivalry in the Middle East between the U.S. and China. ― ED.
By Dr. James M. Dorsey
China s conflict management diplomacy may not go down well with the Gulf Arabs, notably Saudi Arabia, judging by what for Saudi media was a blunt and rare recent critique of the People s Republic.
In a game of shadow-boxing in which intellectuals and journalists front for officials who prefer the luxury of plausible deniability, Saudi Arabia responded bluntly in a column authored by Baria Alamuddin, a Lebanese journalist who regularly writes columns for Saudi media.
Posted : 2021-01-28 16:32
Updated : 2021-01-28 19:58
This is the last of a two-part article written by Dr. James M. Dorsey, a Middle East expert, about the rivalry in the Middle East between the U.S. and China. ― ED.
By Dr. James M. Dorsey
China s conflict management diplomacy may not go down well with the Gulf Arabs, notably Saudi Arabia, judging by what for Saudi media was a blunt and rare recent critique of the People s Republic.
In a game of shadow-boxing in which intellectuals and journalists front for officials who prefer the luxury of plausible deniability, Saudi Arabia responded bluntly in a column authored by Baria Alamuddin, a Lebanese journalist who regularly writes columns for Saudi media.