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Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdul Malik Al Mekhlafi

Yemeni FM: We Won’t Leave Kuwait until International Efforts Fail with Houthis

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | May 21, 2016 | Interviews

Kuwait- Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdul Malik Al Mekhlafi, who is also heading the government delegation at the peace talks underway in Kuwait, said that the government delegation will not be leaving Kuwait before being officially informed of...

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Back to Square One After Houthis Change Their Minds About Agreements

by Arafat Madabish | May 18, 2016 | Middle East

After more than a month of Yemen peace consultations that are taking place in Kuwait, the Houthi- Saleh rebel delegation dropped a new bombshell by retracting their recognition of all the bases of the consultations, particularly the UN resolution 2216, which has led...

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Followers of the Houthi movement demonstrate against the U.S. intervention in Yemen, in the country’s capital Sanaa May 13, 2016. The banner reads: “We are ready for all options.” REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

ISIS Exploits Chaos as Combatants Seek Peace in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 17, 2016 | Middle East

ISIS militants have been doing their best to take advantage of the turmoil spread in Yemen, tentatively bringing closer Saudi-backed forces and Iran-allied Houthis at peace talks in Yemen’s civil war, but a deal seems unlikely in time to avert collapse into...

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Yemeni Minister of Tourism Muammar Eryany

Muammar Eryany: Iran Perturbs Yemen’s Sectarian Coexistence

by Arafat Madabish | May 16, 2016 | Interviews

Riyadh- Yemeni Minister of Tourism Muammar Eryany recently stated that regional parties, namely Iran, are relentlessly working on inciting sectarian divide in Yemen. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Eryany accused Houthis of attempting to foil the peace...

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U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks during a press conference.

Pro-Saleh Delegation Fears a Yemeni Solution that Excludes Him

by Arafat Madabish | May 15, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh – Grave disputes widening the insurgency rift at the Yemeni peace talks, currently under way in Kuwait, has gone as far as both sides to the delegation showing up with a poles apart agendas. The Insurgency delegation comprises Houthi insurgents and pro-Saleh...