by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 11, 2013 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen is fast approaching a pivotal juncture. On the one hand, the country represents one of the more successful cases to emerge from the Arab Spring: Demonstrations first broke out in early 2011 and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh...
by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 5, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 13 people were killed yesterday in a suicide bombing targeting the headquarters of a Yemeni pro-government militia in the southern city of Lawder. The attack came after Al-Qaeda announced the failure of mediated talks with the...
by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 4, 2013 | Features
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The tribesmen of Yemen see weapons as a male accessory, just as women adorn themselves will jewelry and makeup, and in some areas it is considered a slight on one’s masculinity for a man to walk the markets or streets without one. Yemen has...
by Mohammed Jumeh | Feb 7, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat-An adviser to Yemen’s prime minister accused Iran of interfering in Yemeni politics this week, following the recent seizure of an arms shipment off Yemen’s coast. Rajih Badi, adviser to the Yemeni prime minister, said in a telephone...
by Mohammed Jumeh | Jan 29, 2013 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iranian Minister of Culture and Guidance has called the recent arrest of 11 journalists “a case in the hands of Security Forces because their charges are definitely not media related.” Iran arrested 11 journalists accused of cooperation...
