Weekend Reading: Houthi Rebels, Orthodox Intelligence, and Combative Kurdish Women

Steven A. CookCFR Expert
Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies

Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani finds that Yemen is becoming polarized between the Shia Houthi rebels and the Sunni Islah Islamist party.

J. J. Goldberg looks at the rising influence of the right in Israel’s security and intelligence agencies.

Bilal Ahmed explores the media’s fascination with the female soldiers of the Kurdish Peshmerga.

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