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Police troopers man a checkpoint on a road after a ceasefire between Shi’ite Muslim Houthis and Sunni Salafis took effect in the north-western Yemeni province of Saada January 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Yemen: Houthi-Salafist ceasefire starts as NDC draws to conclusion

by Arafat Madabish | Jan 12, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—A ceasefire began on Saturday between Shi’ite Houthi militias and Sunni Salafists in northern Yemen, as the final session of the country’s National Dialogue Conference came to a close. Local sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that a ceasefire in...

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File photo of Houthi Spokesman Ali Al-Bakhiti. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Houthi Spokesman on Yemen National Dialogue, Dammaj War, Iran

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 28, 2013 | Interviews

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Houthi Movement official spokesman Ali Al-Bakhiti affirmed that the Shi’ite Zaidi group will adhere to the agreed outcomes of the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference, saying that this was the only...

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In this Saturday, March 5, 2011, file photo, anti-government protesters take shelter from the sun under their national flag during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana’a, Yemen. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

Opinion: Yemen’s Federation Dilemma

by Manuel Almeida | Dec 4, 2013 | Opinion

Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC) has gathered once more, this time for its final act—or, at least, that’s what Yemenis and the NDC’s international backers anxiously hope. Early on in this session, the NDC issued a statement calling for an immediate end to...

Fighting Faith

by Catherine Shakdam | Nov 27, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

As clashes in Dammaj, in the northern province of Saada, intensify, officials in the Yemeni capital are growing more and more worried about the impact that sectarian tensions will have on Yemen’s fragile political transition. This is all the more worrying because the...

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Yemeni Salafi protesters take part in a demonstration in Sanaa on November 16, 2013. (AFP)

Yemen: Houthi–Salafist ceasefire negotiations break down

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 20, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi gunmen renewed their shelling of Dammaj in Yemen’s northern Saada province on Tuesday, killing at least 20 local residents, local sources informed Asharq Al-Awsat. The heavy shelling in the predominately Salafist governorate,...