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A member of the southern tribal militia loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi carries a RPG-7 during clashes in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on March 19, 2015. (EPA/STR)

Opinion: After Yemen Intervention, a Negotiated Peace

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 28, 2015 | Opinion

The extent of regional and international concern over the war in Yemen has exceeded expectations. Anxious governments and international institutions have frankly expressed their views on the events. Most of them have voiced their understanding of the importance of...

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A Yemeni man carries a box of ammunition he took from a military depot in Aden, Yemen, on March 27, 2015.
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Saudi-led air strikes target fresh Houthi advance on Aden: residents

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2015 | Middle East

Aden, Reuters—Saudi-led air forces struck a convoy of Yemeni Houthi fighters advancing on Aden from the east on Saturday, residents said, and the Saudi navy evacuated diplomats from the southern port city. The Iranian-allied Shi’ite Muslim Houthi fighters,...

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Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, walk on the tarmac of the Sanaa International Airport in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Opinion: Iran’s allies are the Houthis’ allies

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 28, 2015 | Opinion

There is nothing strange in Iran and its allies being the only ones who are standing with the Houthis, while it is the rest of the world that is standing against their rebellion and coup in Yemen. Those who fall within Tehran’s sphere of influence—whether individuals...

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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, (L), walks with Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed Bin Salman as he arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 26, 2015. (SPA)

Saudi airstrikes in Yemen target rebel stronghold in north

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, AP—Saudi Arabia bombed the northern stronghold of Yemen’s Shi’ite rebels and key military installations on Friday as a coalition led by the Gulf kingdom carried out airstrikes for a second day. The strikes hit at least six provinces,...

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Anti-Houthi protesters shout slogans during a demonstration to show support to Yemen’s President Hadi in Taiz, Yemen, on February 28, 2015. (Reuters/Anees Mahyoub)

Opinion: Where are the Yemeni People?

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 26, 2015 | Opinion

On Wednesday the Houthis and their ally, former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, put the final touches on all their previous efforts at killing any semblance of political legitimacy in the country. After their advance on Amran came the takeover of Sana’a; and...