[In late March 2015, a coalition of states led by Saudi Arabia initiated a military campaign against Yemen consisting of intensive air raids, the arming of local allies and a de facto naval and air blockade of the coun..
April Longley Alley
April Longley Alley is the Senior Arabian Peninsula Analyst for the International Crisis Group. She holds a MA in Arab Studies and a PhD in Government from Georgetown University. A former Fulbright fellow, Dr. Alley has written extensively on Yemen for a variety of publications including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, PS: Political Science and Politics, The Middle East Journal, the Journal of Democracy, and The National, among others. She has conducted fieldwork in Yemen since 2004 and currently resides in Dubai.