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2015-12-15 00:00:00 This handout picture realeased by UN Photo shows UN Special Envoy on the Yemen crisis Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (l) attending the opening of Yemen peace talks on December 15, 2015 in Magglingen, Northen Switzerland.
Yemen’s warring sides sat down for peace talks in Switzerland in a bid to end the devastating conflict as a ceasefire began on the ground, the United Nations said.

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Yemen Presidential Advisor Says Coup Separatist Aspirations Are a Blowback to Negotiations

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

Aden- The coup militias’ establishment of a parallel government in Sanaa, Yemen is a clear terminus handed over to all U.N. efforts of conjuring up a political solution for the war-torn country, a Yemeni prominent politician said. The coup’s separatist aspirations...

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An emblem of the Central Bank of Yemen is seen on the bank’s gate in Sana’a August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemen’s Central Bank Sub-Governor Nahari Dismissed over Misconduct, Corruption

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Nov 12, 2016 | Middle East

London- Yemen’s Central Bank Sub-Governor Ibrahim al-Nahari was officially relieved of his duties on Friday, reported a government news agency. Nahari’s dismissal was not solely relevant to the transfer of the Central Bank from militia-run Sana’a to Aden, but also...

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Parliament member of Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and HDP spokesman Ayhan Bilgen (C) speaks on November 6, 2016 during a press conference in Diyarbakir.
The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) on November 6, 2016 said it was halting all its activities in the Turkish parliament after nine of its MPs, including the two co-leaders, were arrested. / AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN

EU-Turkey Relations Undergo Tension

by Said Abdul Razzak | Nov 8, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkey condemned Luxemburg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on Monday after he compared the Turkish government to Nazi Germany. Turkish EU Minister Ömer Çelik said om response to Luxembourg FM statement that “There is a lack of knowledge of history in this....

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A Yemeni tribesman from the Popular Resistance Committee places a mortar shell into a rocket launcher in Taiz during clashes with Al Houthi rebels. Reuters

Yemen: Coup Militias Make Up for Losses by Targeting Civilians

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 7, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz-Yemen’s national army forces have been able to sustain the pace of progress against coup militias in Taiz and south of Sana’a. Fierce clashes have been ongoing at each of the Hifan and Assilw districts, both located south of Yemen’s third largest city, Taiz. The...

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nt Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi

Yemen’s Legitimate Government Refuses Dialogue with Putschists

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 4, 2016 | Middle East

Yemen’s legitimate and internationally-backed government led by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi reaffirmed its refusal to discuss fundamental national topics concerning the future of the presidency office and the government with putschists. In a press...