The end of Ali Abdullah Saleh

And the war will go on until Mohammed bin Salman gets tired of it, or the Saudis get tired of him.

Ali Abdullah Saleh seized power in Yemen in 1978 when he was only 36 years old. He lost it in 2012, when the ‘Arab Spring’ was in full spate and had been trying to get it back ever since. Thirty-four years was not enough. But last Monday, his truly astonishing ability to switch sides got him killed.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

December 11, 2017

LONDON, U.K.—Ali Abdullah Saleh seized power in Yemen in 1978 when he was only 36 years old. He lost it in 2012, when the ‘Arab Spring’ was in full spate and had been trying to get it back ever since. Thirty-four years was not enough. But last Monday, his truly astonishing ability to switch si...

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