Day: August 25, 2015

Sectarian Violence Hikes Yemen’s Instability

Amid the chaos of Yemen’s civil war between the Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed forces of President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi, a third faction that had disappeared from the media landscape is now making a comeback. On August 22nd, Yemeni officials admitted that while the Yemeni civil war is raging, Al-Qaeda in

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Netanyahu Resistant to Military Cuts in Spending

Israeli finance minister, Moshe Kahlon, has just released his budget proposal which includes reforms for the real estate market and the banking system. However, it did not address military spending. Currently, Israel spends more than 6% of its GDP on the military. This is a much higher share than any other

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