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Houthi militiamen, wearing security uniform, man a checkpoint in Sana’a, Yemen, on March 9, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
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Yemen’s Defense Minister Gen. Mahmoud Al-Subaihi (R) sits with governor of the southern province of Lahj, Ahmed Al-Majidi, in Subaihi’s house in the Al-Subaiha area of Lahj, to which he arrived from the capital Sana’a on March 8, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)
Yemen defense minister escapes Sana’a to Aden after being held by Houthis
Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Defense Minister Gen. Mahmoud Al-Subaihi has fled the Yemeni capital Sana’a, currently under the control of the Shi’ite Houthi movement, to the southern port city of Aden. The news is another blow for the Houthis after Yemeni...Caption:
Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi attends a meeting with local officials in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on March 4, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)
Hadi reveals new details of Saleh’s involvement with Iran, Houthis: source
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on Saturday renewed accusations of coordination between Iran, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the Shi’ite Houthi movement currently in de facto control of Yemen, revealing new details of their...Caption:
File photo of Joint Meeting Party official Mohamed Nagi Allou. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Yemen dialogue “likely” to take place abroad: JMP spokesman
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s rival political parties are moving closer to reaching an agreement regarding the location of UN-brokered dialogue to end the political crisis that has gripped the country since the Houthi takeover of Sana’a last year, a Joint...Caption:
Just freed Iranian diplomat Nour-Ahmad Nikbakht hugs his wife (C) and daughters (L-R) after arriving in Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on March 5, 2015. (AFP Photo/ISNA/Amir Pourmand)