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Members of a militia loyal to Yemen’s President Hadi chew qat as they sit next to their tank, guarding a major intersection in Aden, Yemen, on March 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi, File)
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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi attends a meeting with local officials in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on March 4, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)
Yemen’s Hadi calls for no-fly zone, GCC military intervention
Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally-recognized government on Sunday called on the UN and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to impose a no-fly zone over parts of the country after the third largest city of Taiz fell to Houthi rebels. Tensions in...Caption:
Anti-Houthi protesters demonstrate in Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz on March 22, 2015, after Houthi fighters opposed to Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi took over the city. (Reuters/Anees Mahyoub)
Yemen plunges into “state of war” as Houthis seize country’s third city
Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fighters from the Shi’ite Houthi movement seized Yemen’s third-largest city Taiz late on Saturday as the political crisis currently gripping the country threatened to boil over into a full-scale internal conflict. Local...Caption:
Houthi fighters stand near a damaged car after a suicide attack on a mosque in Sana’a, Yemen, on March 20, 2015.
(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Suicide bombers hit two mosques in Yemen, killing 50
Sana’a, Reuters—Suicide bombers in the Yemeni capital Sana’a blew themselves up during noon prayers at two mosques used mainly by Shi’ite Muslims on Friday, killing at least 50 people and wounding scores, medical sources said, in a major escalation...Caption:
Militiamen loyal to President Hadi drive tanks outside the Special Security Forces base in Aden on March 19, 2015.
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