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Syrian troops patrol the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, after taking control of it, on May 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID)

Yemeni official says some Houthis fighting for Assad

by Mohammed Jumeh | May 30, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi rebels are participating in the fighting in Syria, officials in Yemen have told Asharq Al-Awsat. An official source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi rebels have...

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Men (front row) accused of smuggling weapons from Iran sit in the court room of a state security court for their first hearing, in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden April 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Yaser Hasan)

Yemen seeks maritime arms smuggling crackdown

by Mohammed Jumeh | May 23, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian nationals are using islands in the Red Sea to store illegal arms, with a view to smuggling these to the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Sa’ada Governorate, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of...

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File photo of Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ahmar, the head of Yemen’s powerful Hashid tribe. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Sheikh Al-Ahmar on Yemen’s National Dialogue

by Mohammed Jumeh | Apr 13, 2013 | Interviews

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ahmar is the head of Yemen’s powerful Hashid tribe. He rose to prominence during Yemen’s revolution when he backed the revolutionary youth against the Saleh regime. He resigned from his position in...

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Nicholas Hopton, UK Ambassador to Yemen (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Britain’s Ambassador to Yemen on the National Dialogue

by Mohammed Jumeh | Apr 3, 2013 | Interviews

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—With all attention in Yemen on the recently-convened National Dialogue, fears for the future of one of the Middle East’s most troubled and fragile states have been eclipsed somewhat, but have not disappeared. Encumbered by severe...

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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi (C) speaks next to members of the dialogue committee during the first opening session of a national dialogue conference in Sanaa March 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)

Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference Begins

by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 19, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen officially launched the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference on Monday at the presidential palace in Sana’a. This dialogue is planned to go on for the next six months. Headed by President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, it takes place in...