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Protesters chant slogans against Houthi Shi’ite rebels who hold the capital, Sana’a, on January 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Southern Yemen moves towards secession as Houthis call for reconciliation

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

Sana’a and Aden, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Southern Al-Hirak secessionist movement is poised to take further steps towards breaking away from the rest of the country and restoring the former state of South Yemen, according to political sources in the country....

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This undated file photo shows Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ahmar, the head of Yemen’s powerful Ahmar tribe. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Houthis seek tribal arbitration in dispute with Ahmar tribe

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 28, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement has asked for tribal arbitration in its dispute with the country’s powerful Al-Ahmar tribe, after Houthi fighters carried out raids of homes and property belonging to the head of the tribe and other prominent members...

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Yemeni security forces are deployed on the street in the southern city of Aden during clashes following a demonstration by members of the separatist Southern Movement calling for independence from the north of the country on December 8, 2014. (AFP Photo)

Houthis and Al-Hirak leader seek two-region federal Yemen: sources

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 9, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi movement, in alliance with former South Yemen president Ali Salim Al-Beidh, are seeking to create a two-region federal state, sources have told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Yemeni sources, speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the...

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People take part in a rally commemorating the anniversary of South Yemen’s independence from British colonial rule in the southern Yemeni city of Aden November 30, 2014. (Reuters/Yaser Hasan)

South Yemen independence inevitable: Al-Hirak leader

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 2, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The leader of Yemen’s secessionist movement Al-Hirak, Hassan Ba’oum, claimed on Monday that independence for South Yemen was only a matter of time, as pro-independence protests continued in the port city of Aden. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat,...

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Yemeni protesters wave flags of the former People’s Democratic Republic of South Yemen and march through the streets during a demonstration demanding renewed independence in the southern city of Aden, on November 30, 2014. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Divisions within Yemen’s Al-Hirak delay announcement of Southern independence: sources

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 1, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Divisions within the Southern secessionist Al-Hirak movement prevented the group’s declaring the independence of the South from the rest of Yemen on Sunday, senior sources within the movement told Asharq Al-Awsat, as the group’s...