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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (L) attends the opening of a conference on Yemen in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on May 17, 2015. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)

Hadi calls for return of Gulf initiative as Riyadh conference on Yemen begins

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | May 17, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Legitimate Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi opened a conference on Yemen in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday, urging for a return to the Gulf-backed initiative on the country’s post-Arab Spring future. Hadi told those gathered at...

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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN special envoy to Yemen, center, arrives at the international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Riyadh talks on Yemen to be followed by second round: document

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | May 15, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf-sponsored talks on Yemen, set to begin in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday, will be followed by a second round of meetings to monitor the implementation of its outcomes, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt. According to the conference’s draft...

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Yemenis purchase goods in the Sheikh Othman area, in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, on May 13, 2015. (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)

Saudi Arabia doubles Yemen aid to half-billion dollars as truce holds

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | May 14, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz increased his country’s aid commitment to Yemen to over 500 million US dollars on Wednesday as a humanitarian ceasefire between the Saudi-led coalition of Arab countries and Houthi rebels held in Yemen...

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The new UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Sana’’a International Airport, Yemen, on May 12, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

New UN envoy to Yemen arrives in Sana’a as truce begins

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | May 13, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The new UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Sana’a on Tuesday hours before a five-day ceasefire between the Houthi rebels and Arab coalition forces took effect. The Mauritanian diplomat, who is visiting Yemen for the first...

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People flee as smoke billows after airstrikes hit the house of Yemen’s former president Saleh in Sana’a on May 10, 2015.
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Yemen ruling party to consider steps against Saleh: GPC official

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | May 12, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The General People’s Congress (GPC), Yemen’s ruling party, will discuss whether to withdraw backing for its leader Ali Abdullah Saleh following his declaration of support for the powerful Houthi rebel group, a leading GPC official told Asharq...