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Yemen's Houthi fighters carry weapons in protest against the U.S. and Israel, Nov. 6, 2025 in Sanaa. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Who's worse: Trump or the Houthis?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Donald Trump, President of the United States of America (USA), and Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdelasis al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, stand side by side in the group picture at the start of the G20 summit, June 2019. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Trump holds a USA yard sale

Brian Karem
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense a luncheon following the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

War planning by emoji

Lucian K. Truscott IV
This handout screen grab captured from a video shows Yemen's Houthi fighters' takeover of the Galaxy Leader Cargo in the Red Sea coast off Hudaydah, on November 20, 2023 in the Red Sea, Yemen. (Houthi Movement via Getty Images)

A new Middle East war? It's already here

Juan Cole - TomDispatch.com
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A man stands by as a fire rages in a livestock market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, on September 1, 2023, in the aftermath of bombardment by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (AFP via Getty Images)

Iran, Sudan and the war we didn't notice

Mohammad Ali Salih
Houthi followers burn the Israeli and American flags during a gathering on January 14, 2024 on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Biden's choice: Ceasefire or wider war

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani; Donald Trump (AP/Ronald Zak/Getty/Sean Gallup)

War or diplomacy

Vijay Prashad - Independent Media Institute
Donald Trump; King Salman (AP/Evan Vucci)

Will Trump start WWIII for Saudi Arabia?

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies - Independent Media Institute
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A picture taken on September 15, 2019 shows an Aramco oil facility near al-Khurj area, just south of the Saudi capital Riyadh. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)

New strategic balance in the Middle East

Prabir Purkayastha - Independent Media Institute
Mike Pompeo (Getty/Kevin Hagen)

Pompeo: Saudi attack was “an act of war”

Shira Tarlo
Mike Pompeo (Getty/Kevin Hagen)

Trump blames Iran for Saudi bombing

Matthew Rozsa
A U.S. Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile

Cheap drones are shifting the balance

Prabir Purkayastha - Independent Media Institute
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The site of an air raid that hit a funeral reception in the Arhab district, 40 kilometres north of the capital Sanaa, on February 16, 2017. (Getty/Mohammed Huwais)

Raytheon profits from Yemeni deaths

Jefferson Morley - Independent Media Institute
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