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Pro-secession southern Yemenis wave flags of the former People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen during a rally in the southern port city of Aden, on October 24, 2014. (EPA/STRINGER)

Houthis secure six ministerial portfolios in new Yemeni cabinet

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Oct 26, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement has secured six cabinet seats in the new Yemeni government, at the same time that President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi retained the right to appoint ministers of defense, interior, finance, and foreign affairs. Interim Prime...

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Shi’ite Houthi rebels man a checkpoint in Yareem town of Yemen’s central province of Ibb on October 22, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen: Houthis storm Interior Ministry, set up Iranian cultural centers in Hajjah

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Oct 23, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi fighters continued to advance across Yemen on Wednesday and Thursday, storming a government building in the capital Sana’a amid fears of sectarian violence and a breakdown of the fragile truce between President Abd Rabbuh Mansur...

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Yemen’s then-envoy to the United Nations Khaled Bahah talks during an interview with Reuters in Sana’a in this May 21, 2014 file photo. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files)

Yemen appoints new PM

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Oct 13, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen appointed a new prime minister on Monday, a day after the Houthi movement now in control of Sana’a and other parts of Yemen strengthened its presence in the capital as celebrations got under way for the Shi’ite festival of Eid Al-Ghadeer....

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Yemenis walk through the main gate of the old city of Sana’a on October 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)

No deadline for Sana’a withdrawal: Houthi spokesman

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Oct 11, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthis have no plans to withdraw their fighters from the capital Sana’a, Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdulsalam told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Houthis advanced into the capital Sana’a last month, taking control of government buildings...

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Interior ministers from the GCC states meet in the Saudi city of Jeddah, on October 1, 2014 (SPA)

GCC denounce “foreign intervention” in Yemen

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Oct 2, 2014 | Middle East

Jeddah and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Interior ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) denounced on Wednesday recent acts of violence and looting in Yemen’s capital and called for the restoration of state authority, as Houthi rebels remained in control of Sana’a...