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Economic Pressures Surround Doha as Six Arab Nations Cut Diplomatic Ties

by Said Al-Abyad | Jun 9, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – The negative consequences on Qatar’s economy have been observed over the past few hours due to the cut of diplomatic ties with Doha as international agencies have reduced Qatar’s credit rating. Meanwhile, international companies have decided to...

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Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul Malik al-Mekhlafi speaks to media after the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland in Bern, December 20, 2015. Reuters

Yemeni Foreign Minister: We Have Documents on Iran’s Crimes

by Said Al-Abyad | May 19, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah- Yemen is in possession of documents that reveal the crimes committed by Iran, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdul Malik al-Mekhlafi has said. The minister pointed out that the Yemeni government intends to arrange a meeting with US officials in Riyadh, on the...

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People inspect the site of an air strike in Yemen’s northwestern city of Saada April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Yemen: Houthis Deploy Forces to Saada As Local Residents Gear Up to Dislodge Militias

by Said Al-Abyad | May 18, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah- Yemen’s Houthi coup militias have relocated a large number of their armed insurgents to Saada governorate, pumping medium range arms at an unprecedented rate to the area, said Yemen army forces. Shoring up their posts in the northwestern governorate is the...

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Yemeni security stand guard outside a court in the capital Sanaa during the sentencing of nine suspects to between two and 10 years in prison for belonging to Al-Qaeda and attempting to assassinate President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, on December 29, 2013. The court also sentenced to death a Yemeni Al-Qaeda suspect for his role in a deadly attack on a security headquarters in Aden in 2011, an official said. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a franchise of the global jihadist network, is active in Yemen and is seen by the United States as its most dangerous branch. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS

Calls for Urgent Action to Save Journalist Sentenced to Death by Houthis

by Said Al-Abyad | Apr 14, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – Amid the absence of constitutional institutions and with continued violations by insurgents of all international laws in areas under their control, the state security court in Sanaa sentenced journalist Yahya al- Jubaihi to death after he was found guilty of...

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A man fills up jerry cans with water from a public tap in the western Yemeni province of Hodeida March 13, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Houthi Putschists Deprive Eight Yemeni Cities from Water

by Said Al-Abyad | Apr 12, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – Yemeni areas under insurgency control continue to register deteriorating humanitarian conditions, with worsening water supply shortages. The internationally backed government estimated that eight Houthi-held areas have poor water supply. With every day that...