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القاعدة في شبه الجزيرة العربية خلال الصراع اليمني

By Cheyenne l'Auclair (Hall)

الكاتب: شايان لاكلاير (هال)

منذ الانتفاضات الشعبية في اليمن في عام  ٢٠١١، تزدهر القاعدة في شبه الجزيرة العربية في اليمن.…

Yemen

al-Qaeda is Rising in the Wake of the Yemen Crisis

By Cheyenne l'Auclair (Hall)

An Arabic version of this article is available here.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is on the rise in Yemen, coalescing power from the…

Middle East

A Bear in the Desert: Russia’s Increasing Involvement in the Middle East

By Alex Rand

For the past four decades the United States has found itself increasingly committed to developments in the Middle East. Its involvement has made it one of the region’s major…

Gaza

Water Crisis in the Gaza Strip

By: Cierra Carafice

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has been a source of contention since the 1947 partition plan was approved by the United Nations General Assembly1. This conflict has…

Yemen

Yemen Update

By: Thorayah Abdelqader

The crisis in Yemen is still getting worse as starvation, disease and destruction spreads. The country is battling a civil war and facing interference from outside…

Syria

From Kobane to Raqqa

By Alex Rand

Background

‘Rojava’ can be a nebulous term. Rojava references West Kurdistan, a series of Kurdish majority cantons spread throughout Syria’s northeast, north, and…

Cholera

Yemen's Cholera Outbreak

By: Thorayah Abdelqader

There have been multiple outbreaks of Cholera worldwide, with one of the biggest outbreaks occurring in the aftermath of the natural disasters that hit Haiti in…

Gallery

Where Do We Go From Here? The Story of Syria's Public Health System

By Cierra Carafice

The ongoing civil war in Syria has been a very visible and heavily discussed conflict. However, one of the more obscure facets of this war is the toll it has taken on…

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Tremors: Implications of the Kurdish Referendum

By Alex Rand

​Part 4: Implications of the Referendum

The referendum itself is not exactly a close vote by any stretch of the imagination. The ultimate result will be in favor of…