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Iraqi Officials Participate Militarily with Houthis in Yemen

by Saeed al-Abyad and Hiba Al-Qudsi | Mar 18, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Jeddah, Washington-Yemeni informed sources confirmed that there are Iraqi officers in a number of Yemeni cities, particularly in Tihamah Province. Sources added that these officers are developing war plans for Houthi militants and their allies, who are loyal to the...

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Yemeni army soldiers man a checkpoint amid fears of attacks by Shi’ite Houthi militants in Sana’a, Yemen, on September 14, 2014. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

Yemen’s Houthis advancing close to Saudi border: source

by Arafat Madabish | Sep 16, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi forces are advancing in Yemen’s western Al-Hudaydah province, seeking to take control of a number of strategic areas including the port of Midi, close to the Yemeni–Saudi border, local sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Local people are set...

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Syrian troops patrol the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, after taking control of it, on May 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID)

Yemeni official says some Houthis fighting for Assad

by Mohammed Jumeh | May 30, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi rebels are participating in the fighting in Syria, officials in Yemen have told Asharq Al-Awsat. An official source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi rebels have...