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A police trooper is seen manning a checkpoint in Sana’a August 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)


US urges citizens to leave Yemen

US urges citizens to leave Yemen

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US government has advised American citizens in Yemen to leave the country immediately and pulled out all “non-emergency” staff from its embassy in the capital Sana’a because of the risk of a terrorist attack. A warning posted on...
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Yemeni soldiers search a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the US embassy compound in Sana’a on August 4, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)


US extends Middle East embassy closures

US extends Middle East embassy closures

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US announced that several American embassies across the Middle East and Africa will remain closed this week, after more than 20 were closed on Sunday in response to warnings of a terrorist threat. According to a US State Department...
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Foreign Minister of Yemen Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi attends a news conference at the Friends of Yemen ministerial meeting in London, Britain, 07 March 2013. (EPA/Andy Rain)


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A plane wreck are seen on the ground as security forces and soldiers gather at the site of a plane crash in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday 13, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Hani Mohammed


Al-Qaeda’s air war in Yemen

Al-Qaeda’s air war in Yemen

Yemen’s president Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi and the commander of the country’s Air Force, Brigadier Rashid Al-Janad, have responded to recent crashes of military aircraft in Yemen by saying that “bad people” were behind the incidents, as well as the assassination of...
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Saeed al-Shihri