Politics
Ali Abdullah Saleh craftily played Yemen’s tribes, Islamist groups and foreign governments off against one another throughout his 33-year rule and he continued to do so after he was ousted from power in 2011. But his most recent power-play, an alliance with the northern Houthi insurgent group, which he previously fought six wars against, turned out to be too much of a gamble.
The Islamic Republic of Iran stumbled into 2018 making headlines around the world. Thousands of…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (or MBS, as he has become known) has been…
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