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Yemen is in a fragile state. The regime, headed by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, is besieged on several fronts, with a Houthi rebellion in the north, a secession movement in the south, and increased jihadi activity by groups such as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) pushing the country on a downward trajectory.

The GCC states have differing views on the Iranian threat, with hardliners pushing for military action and others preferring the diplomatic route

Foreign minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal proposed a Nato-backed Arab army to destroy the Iranian-backed Hizbollah movement in Lebanon in 2008. Documents released by WikiLeaks suggest that certain military operations against Al-Qaeda in Yemen, claimed by Sanaa to be the work of Yemeni forces, were carried out by the US.

Governments seek Atacms deals, US in $71m Javelin missile sale

UK troops set to leave in 2011, Car bomb kills northern rebels

Questions are being asked about why the Aden Container Terminal (ACT) has been left behind while Adenites watch the development of nearby ports such as Djibouti and Oman’s Salalah facility.

Yemeni deputy finance minister Jalal Yaqoub took the spotlight during his visit to London for the Royal Institute of International Affairs’ Yemen Forum on 1 November. Giving interviews to major news outlets, including The Financial Times, Reuters and CNN,

While Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula continues to ensure Yemen’s place at the top of the international agenda, the underlying economic crisis and subsequent weakness of the state are at the core of its domestic problems

The US Defence Department was ordered to draw up detailed contingency plans for launching military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Attacks on Christians in Iraq have increased in recent weeks. Defence secretary Robert Gates has announced that the US will boost support to Yemen following October’s foiled bomb plot

A new report from the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) charts the emergence of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Al-Shabab, their potential convergence, and the involvement of ‘foreigners’ in both organisations. The report, Yemen and Somalia:

There has been a severe decline in tourism, the Yemen Times reported on 3 October. A recent study by Yousef Saeed Ahmed, associate professor at University of Aden’s economics faculty, showed the sector has lost some $10bn in the past decade because of terrorism and poor infrastructure.

The Friends of Yemen held a key meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in September. The group, which was founded in January, called for the creation of a development fund and better co-ordination of foreign aid, adding that a key aim will be supporting the recent International Monetary Fund programme to restructure Yemen’s economy.

Following the failed attempt of a Nigerian engineering student Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to blow up Northwest Airlines’ Flight 253 over the United States last December, Yemen received unprecedented global attention. The media focus has dropped somewhat since then, but the region remains the subject of considerable concern

As James Mattis settles in as the new head of US Central Command, one of his first major regional strategy reviews is US security assistance to Yemen

The United States is continuing to support a number of border security initiatives in Yemen. The annual $300,000 State Department support for the US-installed Personal Identification Secure