Luca Nevola is Middle East Regional Specialist at ACLED and has been in the organization since November 2018. He was originally hired as Yemen and KSA researcher and subsequently worked as Senior Researcher in MENA Religion and Repression. He currently produces analysis and coordinates research across the Middle East desks. Luca holds an MA and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Milano-Bicocca. He has conducted extensive fieldwork research in Yemen and works as a Yemen analyst for several research institutes focusing on elite politics, political Islam, minority groups, and tribal dynamics.
View latest month’s regional overview Yemen: Demonstrations in Hadramawt highlight tensions between the Southern Transitional…
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Analysis of Houthi rocket, missile, and drone attacks from 2015 to 2022.
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A review of key conflict trends during the truce period.
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This final report explores the main trends in repression and disorder observed in Bahrain, Egypt,…
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Over the past two years, state authorities have carried out more than 400 repression events…
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Religious repression in Yemen has been exacerbated by the ongoing conflict. In this infographic, ACLED-Religion…
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Religious celebrations can function as catalysts for religious repression, carrying a potential for state abuses…
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