The Houthi-Saleh alliance has come to a violent end outside Sanaa.

Are we entering a new phase of the Saudi-Iran contest for the Middle East?

The geopolitical world order is being remade under President Trump, but not necessarily in the way he intends. This series takes a region-by-region look at US foreign policy and asks: What does the decline of US power and influence mean for the world?

A widening cholera epidemic is just the latest disaster to befall the long-suffering people of Yemen.

Civil war and a Saudi-led naval blockade have Yemen teetering on the brink of a humanitarian disaster.

How US-brokered safe zones could play out in the warzones of Syria and Yemen.

Saudi Arabia has intervened against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, and in doing so opened up a new proxy front between the bitter regional rivals.

Washington just lost its ‘boots on the ground’ on the next major front in the war against Sunni extremism.

Considering the warring factions, stunted opportunities for economic growth, an imminent oil shortage, and the severe water problems, Yemen is a social and security time bomb.

If you asked a State Department employee what their worst-case scenario for the Middle East was five years ago, the response might have described what is currently unfolding across the region.