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Anti-Houthi protesters shout slogans during a demonstration to show support to Yemen’s President Hadi in Taiz, Yemen, on February 28, 2015. (Reuters/Anees Mahyoub)

Opinion: Where are the Yemeni People?

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 26, 2015 | Opinion

On Wednesday the Houthis and their ally, former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, put the final touches on all their previous efforts at killing any semblance of political legitimacy in the country. After their advance on Amran came the takeover of Sana’a; and...

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Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin (C) looks on before meeting ahead of the Arab League summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, on March 26, 2015. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Yemen FM calls for major Arab military intervention

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 26, 2015 | Middle East

Sharm El-Sheikh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin has called for Arab military intervention in Yemen, warning that Tehran is supplying the Shi’ite Houthi movement with heavy artillery, in comments to Asharq Al-Awsat on the sidelines...

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A Germanwings employee places flowers in commemoration of the victims of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps, at Dusseldorf airport, Germany, on March 26, 2015. (EPA/Maja Hitij)

Co-pilot appears to have crashed Germanwings plane deliberately: French prosecutor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2015 | World

Paris and Seyne-Les-Alpes, Reuters—The co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people aboard appears to have brought the A320 Airbus down deliberately, the Marseille prosecutor said on Thursday. German Andreas Lubitz, 28,...

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A file picture taken on January 1, 2013 shows jet fighters of the Saudi Royal air force performing during the graduation ceremony of the 83rd batch of King Faisal Air Academy (KFAA) students at the Riyadh military airport, in the Saudi capital. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)

Saudi airstrikes target rebel bases in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 26, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, AP—Saudi Arabia bombed key military installations in Yemen on Thursday after announcing a broad regional coalition to oust Shiite rebels that forced the country’s embattled president to flee. Some of the strikes hit positions in the country’s...

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Former Lebanese president Amine Gemayel. (Reuters)

Amine Gemayel: Arab states committing collective suicide

by Regina Youssef | Mar 26, 2015 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Lebanon’s presidential vacuum continues for its 10th month and the country of almost 4.5 million inhabitants continues to reel from the economic and social pressure caused by the influx of an estimated 1.5 million refugees fleeing the...