by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2017 | Middle East
Taiz- Seven coup militiamen were killed Thursday in an ambush set up by Popular Resistance units in Al Bayda province, central Yemen. Resistance units ambushed a militia convoy, resulting in the death of the Iran-aligned Houthi militants, the state-owned news agency...
by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo- Libya’s Abdullah al-Thani-led authorities revealed that over a thousand U.S. soldiers have slipped into the country, taking up base in one of Tripoli’s suburbs. Al-Thani’s self-declared government in the eastern city Al Bayda issued a statement saying that data...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 17, 2016 | Middle East
Taiz – Houthi and Saleh rebel militias committed on Friday a new crime after entering a mosque in the city of al-Bayda, sporadically firing live ammunition at civilians and kidnapping a number of worshipers. Local sources and eyewitnesses told Asharq Al-Awsat...
by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Feb 11, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fighters from Yemen’s powerful Houthi group seized control of the provincial capital of the Al-Bayda governorate on Tuesday without any resistance from government forces, local sources and eyewitnesses told Asharq Al-Awsat. Eyewitnesses said...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 12, 2014 | Middle East
Benghazi, Reuters—Car bombs exploded in eastern Libyan towns under the control of the internationally-recognized government on Wednesday, wounding at least 20 people, officials said. Libya is in growing chaos as armed factions compete for power. One has taken over the...