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Shi’ite Houthi rebels chant slogans as they ride in a pickup truck at the army’s First Armored Division compound after taking it over, in Sana’a, Yemen, on Monday, September 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemeni insurgents storm Hudaydah governor’s office: source

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 8, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi militants stormed the office of the governor of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemen on Sunday, a security source told Asharq Al-Awsat, as chaos and instability continued to grip the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country. Speaking on the condition...

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A Houthi rebel on patrol following dawn prayers attended by supporters of the rebels on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, in Sana’a, on October 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Houthis seize historic castle in western Yemen

by Arafat Madabish | Oct 25, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Houthi militants captured a historic castle in Al-Hudaydah Governorate on Friday following clashes with members of Hirak Al-Tuhami, an anti-Houthi political group based in the west of the country. “The Houthi militia managed to take...

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The flag of former South Yemen is seen attached to a billboard during a rally in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, on October 14, 2014. (REUTERS/Yaser Hasan)

Houthis take control of Yemeni port city

by Arafat Madabish | Oct 15, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement continued to expand its grip on Yemen on Tuesday after taking control of a strategic port city in the country’s western region, while secessionists in the south called for independence, staging massive protests and sit-ins...

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Jamal Benonmar (Source: Zakia Alia)

Benomar calls on Hudaydah activists to protest peacefully

by Arafat Madabish | Jun 8, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, visited the Al-Hudaydah governorate in the east of the country earlier this week, where he is met with representatives of the Al-Herak Al-Tihami movement that advocates the rights of the Tihamah...