Fifteen years ago Abdullah al-Hakem and Mohammed bin Salman were two 18-year-old men leading very different lives on either side of the Saudi-Yemeni border. Abdullah, a scrawny young man little more than five feet tall, was a primary-school teacher in Dahyan, a hamlet on the outskirts of Sa’dah city, the capital of a backwater province … Continue reading Why Yemen’s civil war is personal for Mohammed bin Salman – Saudi Arabia’s involvement in Yemen explained