Catherine Shakdam

A research fellow at the Al Bayan Centre for Planning & Studies and a political analyst specializing in radical movements. She is the author of A Tale of Grand Resistance: Yemen, the Wahhabi and the House of Saud

Saudi Arabia Levels Up Atrocities against Yemen as Allies Offer Muted Response

Saudi Arabia’s determination to lay waste to Yemen has reached new heights over the past few weeks, adding to an already deplorable litany of war crimes. Faced with the possibility of a new war front, in that the Houthis directed their ire directly at the United Arab Emirates after Riyadh called on their help to precipitate...

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Why the Houthis are Taking the Fight to the UAE - Yemen’s War Just got More Complicated

If Yemen remains an indecipherable puzzle for even the most astute of analysts, the Houthis’ decision of late to bring fire and brimstones to the UAE - a player who so far averted the ire of the movement by limiting its meddling to the southern part of the country, a region the Houthis have long decided to abandon to better consolidate their hold...

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Prominent Humanitarian is Arrested in Yemen - Accused of Carrying Iran’s Revolutionary Agenda

Earlier this September media outlets close to Saudi Arabia announced with much fanfare that Yemen’s intelligence services had scored a massive victory in arresting the man they dubbed the ‘Khomeini of Yemen’, and that thanks to such efforts the Houthis had had the wind taken off their sail...

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Yemen and Afghanistan Face Unprecedented Famine - Crimes of Mass Starvation

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Iran Nuclear Deal - Dangerous Deadlock Could Spell War

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Saudi Arabia brings Captagon to Yemen - Looks to Bring New Plague to the Nation

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Power Dynamics Shift in Yemen as Battle for Mareb Hits Up

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Shamima Begum Wants Back in the UK - Why We Cannot Entertain her Plea for Compassion

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