by Arafat Madabish | Dec 30, 2014 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Shi’ite Houthi fighters are seeking to take control of strategic military weapons, including long-range missiles capable of striking neighboring Gulf states, head of Yemen’s Aba’d Center for Strategic Studies warned. In comments to Asharq...
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...
by Arafat Madabish | Nov 29, 2014 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Islamist Al-Islah party and the Shi’ite Houthi movement reached an unprecedented deal on Friday to end hostilities, a political source told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Al-Islah party have been among the Shi’ite...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 19, 2014 | Middle East
Sana’a, AP/Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite rebels captured a town south of the capital Sana’a early on Sunday, when they also blew up the house of a rival Islamist politician, security officials said. In Sana’a, the rebels, known as the Houthis, stormed the...
by Manuel Almeida | Dec 4, 2013 | Opinion
Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC) has gathered once more, this time for its final act—or, at least, that’s what Yemenis and the NDC’s international backers anxiously hope. Early on in this session, the NDC issued a statement calling for an immediate end to...
