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Farea al-Muslimi

Farea al-Muslimi is a research fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House. On Twitter: @almuslimi.

Houthi soldiers stand guard on a missile carrier during an official military parade to mark the ninth anniversary of the Houthis' takeover of Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, Sept. 21, 2023.

Iran-backed Houthis emerge as threat to Israel, US amid Gaza war

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Yemeni Air Force MiG-21 fighters and a Mil Mi-17 helicopter are seen at an air base near Sanaa Airport March 28, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RTR4V9D4

Yemen air force falls into grip of Houthis

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An arms depot explodes at the Jabal Hadeed military compound in Yemen's southern port city of Aden March 28, 2015. Explosions rocked Aden's largest arms depot on Saturday, sending flames and smoke into the sky above the southern Yemeni city, witnesses said. A Reuters correspondent saw fire and explosions at the Jabal Hadeed compound, which is close to residential and commercial properties. There was no immediate word of casualties. REUTERS/Nabeel Quaiti TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTR4V93W

Saudi airstrikes against Yemen a first

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A follower of the Shi'ite Houthi movement mans a machine gun mounted on a military pick up in Sanaa October 20, 2014. The truck was taken by the movement's fighters during recent clashes with army soldiers in Sanaa. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTR4AU1L

Yemen's Houthis proxy, not ally for Iran

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A street vendor chews qat, a mild stimulant, as he sits by his vegetable stall at a market place in the Old Sanaa city March 19, 2014. Qat dominates life in Yemen, where most men spend half the day chewing it, even at work, and experts say it is ravaging Yemen's frail economy and sucking up precious water. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) - RTR3HSAZ

Development plan needed for peace in Yemen

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Army and police officers sit on the ground during a protest to denounce fuel prices hikes in Sanaa August 4, 2014. Yemen raised fuel prices last week, oil officials told Reuters, as the impoverished country tries to cut energy subsidies to ease the burden on its budget deficit. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ENERGY MILITARY) - RTR415WW

Saudi Arabia losing influence in Yemen

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A portrait of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh hangs on the wall of the former headquarters of his General People's Congress party in Sanaa May 12, 2014. The building was damaged during the 2011 clashes between forces loyal to Saleh and tribal militias opposing him during the uprising against his rule. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3OTK8

Don't look to Yemen model for solutions in Iraq

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A supporter of Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh chants slogans after the weekly Friday prayers in front of the Al-Saleh mosque in Sanaa June 20, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) - RTR3UW98

Tensions rise between Yemen's Saleh and Hadi

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Farea al-Muslimi

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A covered body is seen as policemen and people check the scene of a collision on a highway leading to a border crossing between Yemen and Saudi Arabia May 18, 2013. At least 13 people were killed as two cars ran into each other and caught fire after the collision, burning some occupants to death, police officials at the scene said. Yemen is among the countries with the world's highest rates of traffic fatalities. Traffic accidents claimed th

Car accidents kill more Yemenis than violence

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An army vehicle patrols in al-Mahfad of the southern Yemeni province of Abyan May 23, 2014. Yemeni forces have faced a wave of hit-and-run attacks by al Qaeda insurgents since the army captured their strongholds in al-Mahfad in Abyan province and in Mayfa'a, Azzan and Gol al-Rayda in Shabwa province earlier this month. Picture taken May 23, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3QMO6

Yemen forces take lead in battle with al-Qaeda

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Pro-democracy protesters, some of whom belong to Yemen's Muslim Brotherhood, and are supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Mursi, shout slogans as they demonstrate to demand that Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh be put on trial, in Sanaa September 25, 2013. Headbands read, "Rabaa, We are all Mursi". REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX13ZD0

Yemen latest front line in Saudi-Qatari feud

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Boys walk on the ruins of their school which was bombed by Shi'ite militants of the Shi'ite al-Houthi group during recent conflicts against local tribes in the Hamdan area west of the Yemeni capital Sanaa March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3I8RJ

Yemen's children in crisis

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