by Arafat Madabish | Mar 21, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—There has been strong regional and international condemnation of one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Yemen’s history that resulted in the deaths of at least 137 people in Sana’a on Friday. A Yemeni branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and...
by Arafat Madabish | Mar 15, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen could fall victim to civil war and chaos unless Arab Gulf states take urgent action to support national stability, a prominent southern Yemeni political figure warned. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Saeed Yaffie, a former Yemeni...
by Arafat Madabish | Mar 6, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The rescue of an Iranian diplomat held hostage for almost two years by suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen is a “serious indication of Iran’s involvement” in the turmoil-stricken Arab state, a senior Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat. The...
by Arafat Madabish | Feb 14, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s southern tribes will discuss the formation of a unified command on Monday, a senior tribal official said, as Al-Qaeda-linked militants lay siege to another military base in the south. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, the leader of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 19, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a, AP—Rebel Shi’ite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen’s presidential palace and elsewhere across the capital Monday, seizing control of the country’s state-run media in a move an official called “a step toward a coup.” The...
