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Bavarian Prime Minister and head of the Christian Social Union Horst Seehofer talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to a meeting of German state leaders to discuss the migrant crisis, in Berlin in this December 3,2015 file picture. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Files
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A Yemeni watches Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi delivering a speech on the pro-Houthi Al-Masirah TV channel, after his fighters were driven out from most of the southern port city of Aden, in Sana’a, Yemen, on August 2, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
Yemen: Houthi leader admits defeat in Aden, says open to political solution to crisis
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi on Sunday acknowledged that the Iran-backed group had suffered a defeat in the southern Yemeni city of Aden in recent weeks and said he was open to a political solution to the crisis that has gripped the...Caption:
Yemeni soldiers and Houthi militiamen stand guard at the entrance of the Presidential Palace following a blast in Sanaa on February 7, 2015. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
Yemen: Mass protests against Houthi takeover
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Yemen’s cities on Saturday to protest against the Houthi takeover of the government. Houthi security forces were also out in force across the capital Sana’a after an explosion...Caption:
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
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...Caption:
Survivors of the Shiite Houthi milita stand next to a hole in the wall left by a bomb blast targeting their base in Sana’a, Yemen, 05 January 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)