Yemen's Future Looks Grim After Saleh Killing
Having avoided the fate of fellow Arab autocrats in 2011, Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in a roadside gunfight while attempting to flee the capital Sanaa.
Saleh will be remembered as the man who shaped modern Yemen in his own image, but who was more willing to burn the country to the ground than relinquish power. Yet without his deal-making skills, the civil war he helped to spark and the devastating humanitarian crisis it caused are only likely to get worse.
Saleh's death came as a shock to most Yemenis. He loomed large over the country, living on his wits - he likened ruling Yemen to 'dancing on the head of snakes' - and was a consummate deal-maker who exceeded and outlived all expectations.… Seguir leyendo »