Yemen

Saudi Arabia’s lesser known exports after oil: Wahhabism and pro-imperialism
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Middle East: Saudi Arabia's US-backed war on Yemen
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Is the war on terror going to end? Obama says no…
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Gaddafi, imperialism and Western hypocrisy
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The US-Saudi counter-revolution against the 'Arab spring'
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Western powers line up against Arab democracy
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Above: young woman protester in Egypt. "The protests have been led by educated young people frustrated by poverty and lack of political freedom."

By Tony Iltis

January 30, 2011 -- Green Left Weekly -- Having started with a fearless uprising for democracy and economic justice that is sweeping the Arab world, 2011 is shaping up to be a decisive year for the Middle East. By January 14, the first dictator had already been overthrown: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia. Egypt's Hosni Mubarak looks set to follow.

Protests inspired by the Tunisian revolution have occurred in several Arab countries, repeatedly in Yemen and Jordan. On January 28, the Middle East’s most populous country, Egypt, was rocked by riots after police tried brutally, but unsuccessfully, to end four days of protest against the 30-year-old dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak.