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Bushra al-Maqtari

al-Maqtari

Comment: While regional powers compete over their interests even within the Saudi-led coalition, Yemenis will only reap more crises and violence, writes Bushra al-Maqtari.

09 September, 2015

Comment: The Yemeni peace talks will not succeed until the country's factions consider the human cost of warfare on their own people and choose peace, says Bushra al-Maqtari.

30 June, 2015

Comment: The crisis in Yemen is not just the fault of the country's volatile politics. It took the international community's help for things to get this bad, says Bushra al-Maqtari.

08 May, 2015

Comment: The civil war in Yemen is the worst the country has ever suffered, and it will deeply scar its people, says Bushra al-Maqtari.

20 April, 2015

Comment: Yemen has long been the stage for regional and international machinations, and is now at epicentre of the latest struggle for power.

28 March, 2015

Yemenis continue to suffer as the Houthis and President Hadi battle it out for control of the country.

05 March, 2015

Comment: Hadi's moonlight flit to Aden has upset the Houthis' plans, as they stood on the brink of entering into new political negotiations.

26 February, 2015

Comment: The Houthi takeover has plunged the country into a dark cycle, and shows the failure of revolution in a country that has been forsaken by international and regional powers.

12 February, 2015