Commentaries, Analysis And Editorials -- April 7, 2015

A Saudi Arabia-led coalition continues to bombard Yemen in an effort to stop the advance of an Iran-backed Houthi militia. The conflict is increasingly becoming a proxy war for regional supremacy. Here, followers of the Houthi group demonstrate against the Saudi-led air strikes in the capital city of Sanaa. Reuters

Dieter Bednarz, Christoph Reuter and Bernhard Zand, Spiegel Online: Proxy War in Yemen: Saudi Arabia and Iran Vie for Regional Supremacy

On recent evenings, as Western foreign ministers negotiated fervently with the Iranian leadership in Lausanne, Switzerland, two young women in the Yemeni capital of Saana spent their time gazing fearfully into the darkening night sky. Nina Aqlan, a well-known civil rights activist, and her friend Ranim were on the lookout for Saudi Arabian fighter jets. Ranim was staying with Aqlan because her own apartment stands next to the headquarters of the Political Security Organization, Yemen's domestic intelligence agency. The building is considered a potential target for the Saudis and their allies.

Commentaries, Analysis And Editorials -- April 7, 2015

Who’s Who in the Fight for Yemen -- Frontline

Forget what you’re hearing. The civil war in Yemen is not a sectarian conflict -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post

After Tikrit victory, Iraq's new challenge: Win over Sunnis -- AP

What really happened in Tikrit after ISIL fled -- Suadad al-Salhy, Al Jazeera

An Islamic Reformation is the world’s best chance for peace -- John Lloyd, Reuters

Skeptical of Iran Nuclear Deal, Israel Calls for Changes -- Isabel Kershner and David Sanger, NYT

Obama Undermines His Own Case for the Iran Deal -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

Why Is Obama’s Stance on Israel Questioned by So Many? -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

How Not to Deal With China -- Bloomberg editorial

Having built nation from scratch, elderly S. Koreans feel abandoned -- John Power, CSM

Russia Sanctions Don't Work and Won't Work -- Andrei Kolesnikov, Moscow Times

Money crisis in Crimea: how sanctions against Russia have made cash king -- Shaun Walker, The Guardian

Britain's election: rise of Scottish and English nationalists threatens old order -- Michael White, The Guardian

Meet Mexico’s fastest growing drug cartel. It even builds its own rifles -- Ioan Grillo, Global Post

Venezuela: The Price of Revolution -- Nathan Crooks, Bloomberg

Pentagon faces hurdle to women in Special Ops: 'uninformed' men -- Anna Mulrine, CSM

Iran Deal May Cut EIA Oil Price Forecast by as Much as $15 -- Moming Zhou, Bloomberg

Iranian oil could send an already-saturated market back into a price nosedive -- Steve Levine, Quartz