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A file picture dated 27 February 2013 shows Yemeni former president Ali Abdullah Saleh at a rally of his supporters to mark the first anniversary of his own removal following bloody protests against his 33-year rule, at a public square, in Sana’a, Yemen. (EPA/YAHYA ARHAB)

Opinion: Saleh continues to dance on the heads of snakes

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 3, 2015 | Opinion

Yemen’s ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh used to claim boastfully that ruling Yemen is “like dancing on the heads of snakes.” He bragged about being skilled at playing this game and unilaterally ruling Yemen for decades. This was the equation that an “elected”...

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epa04611545 Yemeni soldiers loyal the Shiite Houthi Group stand guard outside the headquarters of the parliament in Sana’a, Yemen, 09 February 2015. Reports state the Houthis announced on 06 February the dissolution of the Yemeni parliament and the formation of a 551-member interim National Council to solve the political crisis in the country. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

Opinion: Yemen’s chaos is a threat to the Arab world

by Salman Al-dossary | Feb 9, 2015 | Opinion

The Houthi movement succeeded in misleading the entire Yemeni political establishment for about 141 days. They misled outgoing president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (who is currently still under house arrest). They misled the UN assistant secretary-general and special...

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Protesters hold posters against Houthi Shi’ite rebels who hold the capital, Sanna, amid a power vacuum as they hold a demonstration in Sana’a on January 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemenis call for Hadi’s return as more provinces “cut ties” with capital

by Arafat Madabish | Jan 25, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several Yemeni provinces have cut off ties with the capital Sana’a, now under the virtual control of the Houthi movement, as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to Yemen’s streets to protest the group’s control over large parts of the...

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Houthi fighters wearing army uniforms stand guard on a street leading to the presidential palace in Sana’a, Yemen, on January 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Houthis guard Yemeni president’s home but deny toppling Hadi

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 21, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Houthi fighters took up guard at President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s home on Wednesday but said they had not toppled him, after two days of fighting that have put the Shi’ite group in all but total control...

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Members of the Houthi militia stand on a street near the Presidential Palace in Sana’a, Yemen, on January 20, 2015. ()EPA/STR)

Shi’ite rebels shell Yemen president’s home, take over palace

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 20, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, AP—Yemen’s powerful Shiite Houthi rebels shelled the residence of the country’s embattled president Tuesday and simultaneously swept into the presidential palace in the capital, Sana’a, as a top military commander warned that a...