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Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance supporting forces loyal to Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, hold a position in Marib province, east of the capital Sanaa, on September 16, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ABDULLAH HASSAN)
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Yemeni pro-government forces, loyal to exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, stand on a drowning tank they said belonged to Shi’ite Houthi fighters on the road to the town of Shaqra, in Abyan province on August 11, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI)
Yemen’s Houthis consider withdrawing from Sana’a: source
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Houthi movement is considering withdrawing from Sana’a and handing over government facilities to state authorities, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. The Houthis’ Security Committee held a meeting in Sana’a on Monday to discuss the...Caption:
A Yemeni watches Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi delivering a speech on the pro-Houthi Al-Masirah TV channel, after his fighters were driven out from most of the southern port city of Aden, in Sana’a, Yemen, on August 2, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
Yemen: Houthi leader admits defeat in Aden, says open to political solution to crisis
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi on Sunday acknowledged that the Iran-backed group had suffered a defeat in the southern Yemeni city of Aden in recent weeks and said he was open to a political solution to the crisis that has gripped the...Caption:
Anti-Houthi fighters of the Southern Popular Resistance walk to the frontline of their fight against Houthi fighters in Al-Memdara district of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden June 2, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)
Houthis, Saleh loyalists clash in southwestern Yemen: source
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Violent clashes erupted in southwestern Yemen on Monday between Houthi insurgents and forces loyal to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh in what rebel sources said was the result of a dispute over oil supplies. Other sources said the...Caption:
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (L) meets the Group of Sixteen Ambassadors during a preparatory meeting on the eve of the Geneva Consultations on Yemen at the European headquarters of the UN, in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 14, 2015. (EPA/Laurent Gillieron)