Yemen
Daily Comment
The Risks in Attacking the Houthis in Yemen
They started out as a family enterprise but have burgeoned into a movement with tens of thousands of fighters and become a formidable geopolitical force.
Daily Comment
Can the International Community Avert Disaster in the Red Sea?
U.N. negotiators have found a solution to the F.S.O. Safer, a rotting tanker off the coast of Yemen, which threatens to spill more than a million barrels of oil, but funding for the operation has come up short.
A Reporter at Large
The Ship That Became a Bomb
Stranded in Yemen’s war zone, a decaying supertanker has more than a million barrels of oil aboard. If—or when—it explodes or sinks, thousands may die.
The Political Scene Podcast
How Will the Brinkmanship Between the U.S. and Iran Be Resolved?
Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the crisis in the Gulf and whether the two countries are bluffing about going to war.
Our Columnists
In Saudi Arabia, World Oil Supplies Are in Flames
The attack in the heart of Saudi Arabia on Saturday was audacious; it set a precedent for the targets, tactics, and scope of warfare in the Persian Gulf and has global ramifications.
Q. & A.
A Middle Eastern-Studies Professor on His Conversations with Mohammed Bin Salman
Bernard Haykel, a professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton, has met M.B.S., communicated with him via WhatsApp, and voiced support for the crown prince’s agenda.
News Desk
The Middle East’s Great Divide Is Not Sectarianism
Wrongly defining the struggles gripping the Middle East encourages misguided remedies.
The Political Scene Podcast
The American Bombs Falling on Yemen
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The American Bombs Falling on Yemen
At a funeral in Sana’a, a Saudi plane dropping American bombs took the life of a man who might have made peace. Plus, a look at Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. nemesis who runs Trump’s E.P.A.
Dept. of Foreign Policy
How the U.S. Is Making the War in Yemen Worse
The conflict has killed at least ten thousand civilians, and the country faces famine. Why are we still involved?
News Desk
The Saudi Royal Family Shakeup
Culture Desk
Beyond the Walls of Yemen’s Revolution
News Desk