Saudi Arabia's Widening War
Obama is trying to make peace with Iran. The new Saudi king is on the course for war.
Obama is trying to make peace with Iran. The new Saudi king is on the course for war.
The Houthis see a Jewish conspiracy behind for the campaign against them. But in the Yemeni civil war of the 1960s, Israel helped the Shiite tribes from which the rebels hail.
Foreign intervention in a local fight would be the worst course anyone could take.
Recent rebel advances may actually help the U.S. counterterrorism agenda.
Why the new Saudi ruler will likely ratchet up the region-wide conflict with Iran.
The stalemate over nukes, and now a Tehran-backed coup in Yemen, show that Obama isn’t tough enough.
Obama calls it a “model” for fighting terror. So why didn’t anyone notice last month’s coup?