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The Popular Resistance is a militia linked to Yemen's Islah party, a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate that has good relations with both Saudi Arabia and its regional rival Turkey. Part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement, the party and the militia have enemies within the alliance battling on behalf of President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi's government - particularly groups allied with the United Arab Emirates, which is a major backer of eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar. Recent reports by anti-Islah media in Yemen have accused the party of sending Yemenis to Turkey under the guise of receiving medical treatment,...

Starting with the election of Bill Clinton in 1992, I began noticing something. That year, people like Rush Limbaugh screamed from the airwaves, “This is the most important election of our lifetime!” In every election since then, both sides have repeated this same mantra. You’d think the electorate would have figured this fear-mongering out by now, but they haven’t. In this article, I make a different argument. Instead of it being the most important election of our lifetime, I think this is the most dangerous election since 1968. Why do I say that? In the 1968 election, the country was...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian militants attacked an Israeli military post near the border with the Gaza Strip early Sunday, the army said, days after warning of an imminent attack in the area. The army said there was an exchange of fire near the Kerem Shalom crossing, which is used to bring cargo from Egypt into Gaza. The army said there were four casualties, but gave no further details. Officials from the Popular Resistance Committees, a small Palestinian militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack and said members of Hamas' military wing also participated. "Our fighters infiltrated the Israeli...

Feb. 12, 2003 Gaza terrorist planned to bomb hospital helicopter pad, Negev tour bus By THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF Israeli security services today revealed the arrest of a Palestinian from southern Gaza with links to Palestinian Authority chief Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, who planned to set off a bomb on a helicopter pad at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba and attack a tour bus in Mitzpe Ramon. Ala'ah Sheich Ale'id, 23, of the southern Gaza town of Rafiah, along the Egyptian border, was arrested in December, a government statement said. News of his arrest was only released for publication today....