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Yemen Shi’ite Houthis hold funeral for slain protesters. (EPA Photo)

Opinion: Yemen is going backwards

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 22, 2014 | Opinion

The Houthis will have no need to fight bloody battles to take over Yemen’s capital, Sana’a. The dangerous developments unfolding in the country suggest the Houthis have the upper hand over the government to such an extent that it gives one pause. No army and no state...

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Followers of the Shi’ite Muslim Houthi group shout slogans as they attend an anti-government gathering in Arhab, north of Yemen’s capital Sana’a, on August 17, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen: Fight against Al-Qaeda continues as Houthis call for protests

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Clashes continued between the military and Al-Qaeda insurgents in Yemen’s southern Hadhramaut governorate over the weekend, as Houthi rebels called for public demonstrations against the government. The Yemeni security forces have launched a...

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A Yemeni soldier checks a vehicle at a checkpoint amid fears of attacks by terrorist organizations, on August 9, 2014, in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)

At least 14 Yemeni soldiers killed in Al-Qaeda ambush

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 10, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 14 Yemeni soldiers were kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Friday, as they made their way to an army base in the country’s Hadhramaut governorate. Local sources in Hadhramaut, speaking on condition of...

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Military police stand guard outside the entrance of the central prison of Amran, north of Yemen on June 9, 2014 after Houthi rebels stormed the building the day before and aided in the escape of over 400 prisoner according to local media. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)

Yemeni air force bombs Houthi rebels after ceasefire collapses

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 5, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Reuters—The Yemeni air force bombed Shi’ite Houthi fighters north of Sana’a on Saturday in fighting that caused “a large number of casualties”, local officials said, after a truce reached last month between the insurgents and...

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Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi speaks during the closing ceremony of a national dialogue conference aimed at drafting a new constitution and establishing a federal state on January 25, 2014 in Sana’a. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)

Yemen: President Hadi reshuffles cabinet amid protests

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 12, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s embattled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has sought to stymie the latest wave of popular protests against his government with a Cabinet reshuffle that has seen the appointment of new ministers of oil, electricity and finance....