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Yemen's tribes have played a powerful role in the country's post-2011 uprising conflicts. Their withdrawal of support from former President Ali Abdallah Saleh fuelled the protests…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212769
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Tribes are an important and under-acknowledged element in Yemen’s social, security and political structures. Any agreement to end the civil war needs to take into consideration…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274423
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It governs territory that is home to around 65-70% of the Yemeni population. With a coherent ideological programme, it has more control and unity than the Aden-based…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280339
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Lower global oil prices contributing to new tensions in both oil-producing and oil-importing countries.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216996
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Youth marginalisation.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217065
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Lessons from the Yemen conflict.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198891
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Muscat is deeply concerned about the Yemen conflict's potential for cross-border and regional destabilisation. In recent months, the Saudi-led coalition backing the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227972
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Prospects for the Gulf states to end-2017.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221288
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However, even in this extremity, it maintains a hostile attitude to old enemy Islamic State (IS). In Yemen, the other regional country where the two come into close contact, the…
Former territorial tensions between Muscat and its Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) neighbours have receded in recent decades, allowing smoother cross-border links. However, the…