Residents of central Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, have learned the hard way that key strategic bombing targets are located in their neighborhoods: Detonating ordnance has been shattering their windows and doors. And fighting has killed hundreds of people in less than two weeks. The Saudi-led coalition smashed parts of Yemen’s Defense Ministry Central Command in the capital over the weekend, senior Yemeni officials said. Under the rain of coalition bombs, […]

In some regards, the Yemeni government’s recent demand for the repatriation of Yemeni detainees who have been languishing in Guantanamo Bay for nearly a decade seemed to come out of left field, as did the prison hunger strikes that prompted it. President Obama’s 2008-election-campaign promises to close the notorious prison remain unfulfilled. According to recent polls, roughly 70 percent of Americans back the president’s decision to ignore his pledge and keep […]

Erdogan congratulated Obama on winning the presidential election. While you are at it, Mr. Erdogan, why don’t you congratulate the Muslim families in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan for daily receiving Hellfire missiles fired from US drones that Obama has sent? Why don’t you congratulate the Muslims in Palestine on their decade of oppression and occupation, which Obama financially and politically supports? Please follow and like us: