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Yemenis line up to buy Yemeni food called “sambusa” during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the capital Sana’a, on June 28, 2015. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)
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Yemeni members of the southern secessionist movement Al-Hirak gather around an armed pickup truck in Aden’s suburbs, in Yemen, on June 3, 2015. (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)
Houthis to withdraw from Aden: sources
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement will withdraw its militias from the southern port city of Aden, as part of initial efforts to reach an agreement with Yemen’s government to resolve the crisis currently gripping the country, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on...Caption:
Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi (R) meets with senior Yemeni officials at the Republican Palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on February 23, 2015. (EPA/Stringer)
Hadi to form new government, declare Aden as capital of Yemen: sources
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—One day after his reported escape from house arrest in Sana’a, Yemen’s Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is taking steps to form a new interim government to run the country’s affairs from the southern city of Aden, which he will soon declare as the new...Caption:
Tribal gunmen loyal to the Shi’ite Houthi movement shout slogans and hold weapons during a gathering in Sana’a, Yemen, on February 4, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
Yemen’s Houthis buying off local tribes: sources
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s southern secessionist Al-Hirak movement has offered to work with the Shi’ite Houthi movement which recently seized control of the country’s government, to help ease Yemen’s political crisis, as reports surface...Caption:
People gather outside the camp of the 19th Infantry Brigade after it was seized by Al-Qaeda fighters on February 12, 2015 in Baihan, in Yemen’s southern Shabwah province. (AFP)