July 18, 2011 By Lev Yuriditsky While the majority of the U.S. and Western world focuses on the Libyan Revolution and occasionally glances at Syria, a grave situation is developing in Yemen - A civil war, revolution, humanitarian crisis,…

July 18, 2011 By Lev Yuriditsky While the majority of the U.S. and Western world focuses on the Libyan Revolution and occasionally glances at Syria, a grave situation is developing in Yemen - A civil war, revolution, humanitarian crisis,…

By Joshua Jacobs May 26, 2011 For the fifth straight day heavy fighting gripped Yemen’s capital of Sana’a as fighters loyal to the head of the powerful Hashid tribal confederation Sheik Sadiq al-Ahmar battled security forces loyal to…

By Joshua Jacobs May 24, 2011 Time has run out for Yemen’s embattled strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh. On Monday in the firmest statement yet from the Obama administration Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded that President Saleh stand…

July 18, 2017 By Ali Al-Ahmed Washington DC – United Arab Emirates appears to have helped North Korea’s ballistic missile program through large arms purchases from the pariah state in violation of the U.S. and United Nations Security…

May 30, 2017 Washington DC – The Institute for Gulf Affairs is issuing an exclusive investigative report tomorrow on one of the biggest terrorist threats against the United States homeland. The report (From American College Campuses to…

February 4, 2015 By Ali AlAhmed Washington DC - Mass executions in Saudi Arabia last month shocked many across the world except Sheikh Nimer AlNimer, a prominent Shia cleric who was among those executed. He was my friend. He foretold of…

By Adam Whitcomb January 25, 2016 Washington DC - The executions of 47 Saudi prisoners, including Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr were used by the ruling family to crush any expression of anti-Saudi sentiment. The ruling Saudi family does not…

Washington DC – The Institute for Gulf Affairs released an innovative study titled “the Omani Model” by the institute’s Shohini Gupta. The report is the second of the CVE series and focuses on How Oman managed to be a model state in…

January 13, 2016 By Ali AlAhmed Washington DC – Saudi King Salman Al-Saud plans to abdicate his throne and install his son Mohammed as king, multiple highly-placed sources told the Institute for Gulf Affairs. Mohamed bin Salman is the…