Civil War

Yemen’s government needs weapons, but they can’t come from the US or Israel, expert tells 'Post'

Though an expert from the Royal United Services Institute said that the Houthis needed to be defeated, he insisted this could only come about by empowering the legitimate government - not airstrikes.

Houthi control around Bab el-Mandeb gives Iran-aligned forces leverage over a second major maritime choke point, opposite the Strait of Hormuz on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula. A Yemeni government army officer gestures as he rides a boat in Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen, April 2.
Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) patrol after Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) army retreated from the regional capital Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, October 8, 2026.

Ethiopian-Eritrean fighting raises fears of wider war as Egypt builds Red Sea alliance - analysis

An internally displaced Yemeni boy carries sticks of firewood on his head at a makeshift camp for the internally displaced who fled their homes due to renewed clashes between Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces and the Houthi authorities in the northern Hajjah governorate on October 7, 2026.

Yemen displacement surges past 200,000 following fresh Houthi offensive, UN migration body warns

Pro-Saudi-backed Yemeni government fighters sit in the back of a vehicle during what government forces say was an advance against the Iran-backed Houthis, near Dhubab, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, in this still image taken from video released October 5, 2026.

Graphic footage shows Yemeni troops running over Houthi fighters in battle for Red Sea strait


Civil war clip from Israeli comedy show 'Eretz Nehederet' resurfaces, goes viral

This clip has recently resurfaced and gone viral, as citizens from all walks of life crowd the streets day after day with demonstrations against the judicial reforms.

 ASSI COHEN and Liat Harlev in their viral clip

Israel has a civil war feeling in the air - comment

The animosity counter-protesters hurled toward the anti-judicial reform demonstrators in Ma'aleh Adumim was scary and ominous.

 Demonstrators protesting the government's planned judicial overhaul, clash with right-wing supporters of the legal reform, in Jerusalem on March 27, 2023.

The crisis in Sudan is getting worse with no hope in sight - opinion

It proves challenging to formulate plausible scenarios concerning the direction of the Sudanese crisis. But already, the international community has begun to forget about Sudan.

 THE SUDAN Humanitarian Aid Commission stores aid in the city of Port Sudan, amid the crisis in the capital, Khartoum.

Former IDF fighter pilot: I am very afraid of an Israeli civil war

In an interview, he said that "if a situation comes where there is a dictatorship, we will have no choice and we will have to fight the dictators."

 Israelis attend a protest march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023.

Sudanese forces clash in Khartoum after talks break down

The US and Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended truce talks after a ceasefire they had mediated fell apart.

 A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

Sudan ceasefire at risk as fighting grows - analysis

The Sudanese army bombed bases of the Rapid Support Forces, claiming that they weren't abiding by the ceasefire.

 Smoke rises above buildings after an aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

Clashes erupt in Sudan's capital on second day of ceasefire deal

Witnesses reported columns of black smoke rising to the west of central Khartoum and shelling near an army camp in southern Khartoum.

 A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

Saudi Arabia, US succeed in Sudan ceasefire breakthrough - analysis

The breakthrough in Sudan is important because it shows how Saudi Arabia and the US can work together to bring peace to the region.

 Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud stands along with other officials as representatives of the Sudanese army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces sign an agreement for a seven-day ceasefire in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2023.

Sudan: How the paramilitary took some of Khartoum, army chief quarters

The account highlights the preferred tactic of Burhan's opponent General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, namely fighting at close quarters and playing to the strengths of his RSF.

 Satellite image shows burned and damaged General Command of the Sudanese Armed Forces headquarters building in Khartoum, Sudan April 16, 2023, in this handout image.

Is the Sudan conflict the region’s next worst crisis? - opinion

The military conflict in Sudan appears to be heavily dependent on the positions of external actors, whose involvement could either exacerbate or alleviate the situation

 WOMEN WHO fled Sudan following the outbreak of fighting line up to receive food rations at a UN transit center near the border crossing point in South Sudan, last week.