Ashraf al-Falahi

Ashraf al-Falahi is a Yemeni journalist who writes about political, social and cultural issues for Arabic magazines and websites. He also contributes to Sada, an online journal published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and works as a Yemen correspondent for the London-based Arabi 21.

Oman | Oct 11, 2016

Just how neutral is Oman in Yemen war?

Oman has claimed neutrality in the war in Yemen, but Saudi and coalition forces say the sultanate is smuggling weapons through its border with Yemen to Iran-backed Houthis.

Oman's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah looks at his mobile phone at the foreign ministers of the Arab League meeting ahead of the Arab Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate March 26, 2015. The Arab League on Thursday pledged full support for the Saudi-led campaign against Shi'ite Houthi fighters in Yemen. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTR4UZLE

Yemen | Aug 17, 2016

How Yemen plans to dry up Houthis' funding

Yemen is making major changes in its fiscal operations, hoping to get back revenue sources it says are being hijacked by Houthi rebels.

Houthi fighters stand as they attend a tribal gathering in Yemen's capital Sanaa, August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi - RTSMNUB

Yemen | Apr 26, 2016

Yemen’s Jews and the road to Israel

Yemeni Jews who immigrate to Israel are taking with them a large part of what was left of Yemen's religious diversity.

United Arab Emirates | Apr 2, 2016

Welcome to one of the most exotic islands in the world

Socotra, a Yemeni island in the Indian Ocean known for its vast biodiversity, seeks to regain its strategic role to support the country’s economy.

A picture shows a view of the untouched Yemeni Island of Socotra, a site of global importance for biodiversity conservation, located in the northwestern Indian Ocean, some 350km south of the Arabian Peninsula on March 27, 2008. Socotra is the main island of an archipelago of the same name, sometimes referred to as "the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean." The island is historically famous for its unique and spectacular vegetation -- botanists rank the flora of Socotra among the ten most endangered island flora

Saudi Arabia | Feb 23, 2016

Death, starvation haunt southern Yemen

The catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen’s besieged Taiz calls for immediate action to lift the siege that has strangled the city for almost a year.

UNICEF's representative in Yemen, Julien Harneis, listens to a boy during a visit to Yemen's southwestern city of Taiz January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub - RTX23EIY

Yemen | Feb 9, 2016

Why Yemen may not be heading for a split

Have southern Yemeni rebel leaders forfeited their quest to secede in exchange for positions of power or are they building political strength and biding their time?

Saudi Arabia | Jan 5, 2016

Will Yemen’s journalists fare better in 2016?

In 2015, some journalists in Yemen suffered so much harassment and abuse that they quit their jobs and fled the country.

Relatives of journalist Abdul Kareem al-Khaiwani attend his funeral procession in Sanaa March 24, 2015. Assailants on a motorbike last week shot dead al-Khaiwani, one of Yemen's top journalists who is also an activist close to the country's dominant Houthi group, police sources said. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RTR4UO9O

Yemen | Nov 30, 2015

Islamic State extends its tentacles into Yemen

So far, the Islamic State and al-Qaeda have not faced off militarily in Yemen, but that possibility is growing as IS escalates its violence, pushing for greater control.

Yemen | Nov 20, 2015

Surrounded by war, Yemen’s students suffer

As children pay the price of war in Yemen, there is an urgent need to quickly rebuild destroyed schools and find alternative safe havens for refugees.