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Public sector employees crowd at a post office to receive their salaries in Sana’a, Yemen January 25, 2017. Picture taken January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemeni Insurgents Arrest Coup Leaders Protesting Unpaid Salaries in Sana’a  

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | May 26, 2017 | Middle East

Aden, Jeddah- Insurgency militias in Yemen captured a number of coup political figures in Sana’a following protests demanding that public sector employees get hold of their due salaries. Militiamen have attacked demonstration organizers, and have apprehended a...

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A boy walks past soldiers from the Saudi-led coalition patrolling a street in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden September 26, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Yemen’s Army Draws up New Plan to Free Hodeidah City

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | May 17, 2017 | Middle East

Aden, Jeddah- A Yemeni official army spokesman revealed on Tuesday that a new plan has been developed to retake the key port city of Hodeidah from insurgency control. Iran-backed militias will soon be dislodged from their Red Sea coast bastion, the army spokesman...

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A boy walks past soldiers from the Saudi-led coalition patrolling a street in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on September 26, 2015. (Reuters)

Terror Suspects Referred to Yemen’s General Prosecution ahead of Trial

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | May 13, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah – Yemen’s deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Hassan Arab announced that his ministry received the files of a number of suspects linked to terror activities. He told Asharq Al-Awsat that these files will be referred to the General Prosecution, which...

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Newly recruited Houthi fighters ride on the back or a truck during a parade before heading to the frontline to fight against government forces, in Sanaa, Yemen January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Yemeni Pro-Government Forces Spot 16 Hezbollah Militants in Tihama

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | May 9, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah- Yemen’s Popular Resistance, made up of tribesmen backing the government, sent reconnaissance information on 16 Hezbollah militants, among which are three Iranian nationals, present in the Red Sea coastal plain of Arabia. Intelligence was handed over to the...

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Boys walk passed graffiti depicting a child suffering from malnutrition in a coffin along a street in Sana’a, Yemen. (Reuters)

Yemeni Media to Address the West in English

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Apr 18, 2017 | Middle East

Jeddah- Yemen’s Information Ministry intends to launch an English newspaper and satellite channel to inform the international community of the violations and practices of rebels against the Yemeni people. Yemen’s Minister of Information Muammar al-Eryani...