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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)

Yemen: Hadi advisers meet with Houthis on security

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Jan 6, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s embattled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi sent a delegation of advisers to meet with Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi on Tuesday to discuss the deteriorating security situation in the country. The Yemeni presidential advisers are...

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A picture taken with a mobile phone early on May 24, 2014 shows Al-Qaeda militants posing with Al-Qaeda flags in front of a museum in Seiyun, the second city in Hadhramaut province in Yemen. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Yemen military say Hadhramaut controlled by Al-Qaeda

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Aug 5, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The southern Yemeni Hadhramaut governorate is under the total control of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a military source told Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said: “Local authorities in...

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People ride atop a pick-up vehicle after they received foodstuff assistance from a World Food Program distribution center for people displaced by armed conflicts in northern Yemen, in Sana’a on July 21, 2014. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Al-Qaeda announces planned creation of “emirate” in Yemen: sources

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 22, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has announced plans to establish an “Islamic emirate” in the Hadhramaut region of Yemen, according to sources in the area. Sources in Hadhramaut speaking on the condition of anonymity told Asharq...