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Some 21.2 million people in Yemen need some form of humanitarian assistance, and over two million people, including 370,000 children, are suffering from malnutrition, says the UN. (Fawaz Salman/Reuters)

Ould Cheikh Seeks Support of Security Council

by Jordan Dakamseh | Nov 1, 2016 | Middle East

New York, Aden- The U.N. envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said Monday before the U.N. Security Council that both Yemeni sides have rejected his roadmap; presented days earlier. Ould Cheikh stated that he will immediately return to the region to try to clinch a...

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Foreign Minister of Yemen Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi attends a news conference at the Friends of Yemen ministerial meeting in London, Britain, 07 March 2013. (EPA/Andy Rain)

Yemeni FM on National Dialogue, Southern Secession

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 20, 2013 | Interviews

Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—With the Yemeni national dialogue moving closer and closer to a resolution, with a number of work committees having already submitted their final reports, Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi about the...

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A supporter of an Islamic Salafist movement, center, holds a banner with Arabic writing that reads, “Dammaj under the fire,” as he and others take part in a demonstration in Sana’a to denounce shelling in Dammaj by Houthi rebels on Saturday, November 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen mediator says Dammaj fighting includes “war crime”

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 4, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ongoing violence between Houthis and Salafists around the town of Dammaj, northern Yemen, has claimed an estimated 100 victims as Houthi fighters continue to bombard the town. Yehia Abuesbaa, head of the committee tasked by Yemeni president...

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In this Saturday, March 5, 2011, file photo, anti-government protesters take shelter from the sun under their national flag during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana’a, Yemen. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

Showdown in Sana’a

by Abubakr Al-Shamahi | Oct 6, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

“The [people’s] dreams quickly turned into a dark nightmare…as elements of the rule of a single family appeared…it reminded them of the backward ruling family that they defeated…51 years ago.” With that, Yemen’s President Hadi launched into a...

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Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi (C) addresses a national dialogue in Sana’a on March 30, 2013. (AFP Photo)

Yemen: National dialogue subcommittee calls for longer transitional period

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ruling Yemeni General People’s Congress has announced its decision not to participate in negotiations in the National Dialogue Conference, citing their disagreement with the membership of a subcommittee of the Southern Issue Working Group...