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The fighting in northern Yemen has long had a severe humanitarian impact, but it was only in October that refugee agencies were able to raise the profile of the crisis, after bombing attacks that struck civilian targets

Emerging family and tribal squabbles threaten to destabilise the Yemeni regime, as Ali Abdullah Saleh struggles to solve problems in the north and safeguard his dynastic legacy

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on Saudi Arabia’s efforts to tackle terrorism financing, saying that while there has been progress, some challenges remain – particularly in preventing alleged funding for terrorism and extremism outside the Kingdom.

The latest bloodbath in Saada, causing tens of thousands of civilians to flee, has made international news. The roots of the crisis, and the continuing confrontation in the south, present a complex challenge to Ali Abdullah Saleh

The Kingdom is on high alert after the audacious assassination attempt during Ramadan – the first recorded Al-Qaeda attack on a Saudi royal in recent times – and the security focus is on the border with Yemen

The Al-Houthi rebellion is closely linked to the north's distinctive traditions of Zaidi Shiism and the emergence of a 'revivalist' movement among Zaidis resentful of the growing influence of the Sunni conservative Salafi Wahhabis

The position of Ismailis in Najran is set against the troubling state of neighbouring northern Yemen, where the conflict between government forces and the Al-Houthi rebel movement is growing more intense

The wily president will need all his political skills to find a way out of the present crisis, but with national unity in jeopardy Ali Abdullah Saleh seems in no mood to compromise on major issues, and jails across Yemen are filling up

With its exiled honorary ‘president’ Ali Salem Al-Baydh acting as a figurehead, Yemen’s secessionist Southern Movement is headed on the ground by Hassan Baoom,

Oman has reduced the chance of conflict with Iran in the tight confines of the Strait of Hormuz through a policy of engagement, committed defence diplomacy and other confidence-building measures. It regards maintaining defences as an effective way of levering diplomatic efforts and forcing Iran to respect the Sultanate (see GSN view). In 1980, Omani and Iranian naval forces faced off in shows of force,

The Al-Houthis' threat to a united Yemeni state is less well articulated than the Southern Movement's challenge to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, but it remains a major thorn in Sanaa's flesh. In spite of Qatari and domestic

Dealing with a growing number of returned prisoners from Guantanamo Bay is burdening an already complex process of putting terror suspects on trial, testing relationships between states and exacerbating sectarian rifts

Southern Movement chief sets out his agenda

Widening their scope of operations, Somali pirates are posing an ever greater challenge to regional governments. While energy producers are rethinking their export strategies, governments are concerned that the Horn of Africa’s instability will encroach on the Gulf region’s southern flank. Yemen is especially vulnerable as the collapse of export revenues piles further pressure on President Saleh. GSN analyses developments in the Gulf of Aden, Somalia and Yemen, and talks exclusively to the Southern Movement’s new figurehead Ali Salem Al-Baydh.

The collapse of energy export revenues is piling further pressure on President Ali Abdullah Saleh as the tribal and post-socialist wings of the southern campaign unite around a figurehead, Ali Salem Al-Baydh, who talked exclusively to GSN about the evolving crisis.