Yemen PM in Saudi while Saleh hangs on to power

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Report and counter-reports have been published throughout today on whether or not Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been taken to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment following the attack on the Presidential Palace on Friday. It would seem that he is still in Yemen which is unsurprising…

Protester beating picture of Saleh - Sign of disrespect in the Arab world 

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All Flights Suspended at Sanaa as Civil War Erupts in Yemen

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The situation in Yemen has deteriorated into civil war between President Saleh’s forces and opposition tribes.

Rebel forces shouting anti-government slogans © Al Arabiya 

Overnight 15 people were killed in clash with the Government security forces ramping up tensions in the country. Fighting has now escalated to full conflict and the Yemeni air-force is now conducting...


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The Fall of Yemen Dictator - The Ugly Side of Western Foreign Policy (incl VIDEO OF TAIZ, YEMEN)

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After Second World War we saw the first modern revolution throughout the Middle East. Western powers slowing handed back land to the Arab people and gave the right of self determination to each country. 

Yemeni Protester  © flickr/Al Jazeera English

Each country in the subsequent years has fared differently and have taken differing approaches to the responsibly of statehood. The majority of these countries 'chose' to...


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Is the Threat of Iran the 'New Terrorism' for Gulf State Leaders?

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After the assassination of Osama Bin Laden and the Arab uprising across the Middle East the West is taking a hard look at its own foreign policy in the region unsettling the status quo and their leaders.

Fmr. US Embassy Tehran © flickr/pooyan

This was no more evident when the US changed its policy and withdrawing support for Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak much to the annoyance of it main ally in the region Saudi Arabia. This policy is now unravelling further with the eminent downfall of Saleh in Yemen which is now creating a security dilemma in other Gulf states which have also adopted the same pro-American policy at the expense of personal freedoms of its own people...


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