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Militiamen loyal to President Hadi drive tanks outside the Special Security Forces base in Aden on March 19, 2015.
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Opinion: The Battle for Yemen’s Future

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 7, 2015 | Opinion

The Yemeni crisis involves several parties, but it can be summed up as being a conflict between forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthi rebels on one hand, and Yemen’s legitimate government on the other, backed by the Saudi-led...

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Smoke billows as supporters of exiled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi continue to clash with Houthi rebels in the Khor Maksar neighborhood of Aden, on May 3, 2015. (AFP/Saleh Al-Obeid)

Yemen: Hadi’s government urges allies to intervene as Houthis enter Aden

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 7, 2015 | Middle East

Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s government-in-exile on Wednesday called on Arab and international allies to intervene immediately in the war-torn state after the Houthi movement captured one of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s last strongholds, killing and injuring...

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Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh talks during an interview with Reuters in Sanaa on May 21, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen parties must reject Saleh to attend Riyadh talks: official

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | May 2, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni political parties seeking to participate in the forthcoming Riyadh dialogue must announce their rejection of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthi rebels in order to attend the talks aimed at finding a political solution to the...

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Yemen’s President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi stands during a reception ceremony on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Republican Palace in Sanaa July 7, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemeni president and government resign

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 22, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi has resigned as Yemen’s president following a prolonged standoff with Shi’ite Houthi rebels, presidential adviser Sultan Atwani announced late Thursday. The decision to resign was made after Houthi gunmen...

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Gunmen loyal to the Shi’ite Houthi movement man a checkpoint on the outskirts of Sana’’a, Yemen, on October 18, 2014. (EPA/YAHYA ARHAB)

Houthis take control of Sana’a air defenses: military sources

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 11, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s air defenses are now under control of the Houthi movement after the Shi’ite militia took control of Daylami Air Base, home of the country’s main missile system close to the capital Sana’a, military sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on...