Supporting Local Recovery Initiatives Through Micro-finance in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Somalia and Yemen
Source: Qatar Charity Country: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Yemen The challenges facing those caught up in a seeming never-ending cycle of human-made and natural disasters seem endless. Oftentimes a growing reliance on external assistance leads to a form of 'depend ...
US Global Power in the 21st Century: Military or Economic Imperialism?
By James Petras, 99GetSmart Introduction Despite vast amounts of imperial data to the contrary, the great majority of writers on imperialism continue to describe and analyze US imperialism strictly in economic terms, as an expansion of “capital accumulation”, “accumulation on a world scale”. In fact ...
Ancient Fragrant Lore 4: the Hellenistic Era
"A natural fragrance pervades the whole coast of Saba {i.e. South Yemen} because almost everything that excels in scent grows there unceasingly, providing a pleasure to visitors that is greater than what can be imagined or described. Along the coast balsam grows in abundance and cassia and another s ...
Strike Two
Strike Two by Richard Fernandez in PJ Media and the Belmont Club blog The president blamed US intelligence for misjudging the rise of ISIS in the Middle East. The Boston Globe writes, “President Barack Obama acknowledged that US intelligence agencies underestimated the threat from Islamic State mili ...
Middle East Film Festival -- October 10th and 11th
MIDDLE EASTERN FILM FESTIVAL - PRESENTED BY GREEN LEFT WEEKLY Come on down to the Brisbane Activist Centre, located in Fortitude Valley for two evenings of amazing Middle Eastern film. Great movies, special guest speakers, and a cheap delicious dinner both nights from 6pm. Friday October 10 6.30pm s ...
Youths March in Yemen's Sanaa in Protest of Houthi Invasion
SANAA, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Dozens of young Yemeni people took to the streets of the nation's capital Sanaa on Tuesday to stage a protest march after Shiite Houthi fighters took control of the city, a RIA Novosti correspondent on the ground reported.
IMF Loan to Help Yemen Tackle Reforms, Attract Aid
Release date- 29092014 - On September 2, the IMF approved a $553 million loan for Yemen to support the country's plans to strengthen fiscal and external positions, boost growth, and fight poverty by reducing inefficient fuel subsidies, improving governance ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels refuse to leave Sanaa
Yemen's Houthi fighters have refused to withdraw from Sanaa after after seizing much of the capital in a lightning offensive earlier this month, despite signing an agreement with the government saying they would leave. A Houthi spokesman told Al Jazeera on ...
The Houthis and a history of conflict in Yemen
Friday last week marked the 52nd anniversary of the 1962 revolution that sparked the North Yemen civil war between the supporters of the Mutawakkilite Imamate and the republicans who deposed the Zaydi Imam Muhammad al-Badr. Backing the royalists were Saudi ...
