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A man walks on the rubble of a house destroyed during a recent conflict in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Naif Rahma

Yemen: Millions in Counterfeit Currency Run by Coup Militias

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2017 | Middle East

Aden – Coup militias in Yemen have staged multiple attempts for running and laundering millions of counterfeit Yemeni Riyals, as well as illegal arms, a military source said. The trafficking largely was directed towards Sa’ada, where the Houthi insurgency...

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A Houthi militiaman boarding a machine gun equipped convoy, AP

Coup Row Exasperates in Sana’a as Houthis Target Pro-Saleh Politicians, Media Outlets

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 21, 2017 | Middle East

Aden- Amid worsening humanitarian conditions and Houthi politicians egging followers against insurgency ally, the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, the coup’s internal tiffs have been short to escalating in Sana’a. Local sources said that the situation in...

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A boy walks past soldiers from the Saudi-led coalition patrolling a street in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden September 26, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Yemen’s Army Draws up New Plan to Free Hodeidah City

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | May 17, 2017 | Middle East

Aden, Jeddah- A Yemeni official army spokesman revealed on Tuesday that a new plan has been developed to retake the key port city of Hodeidah from insurgency control. Iran-backed militias will soon be dislodged from their Red Sea coast bastion, the army spokesman...

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Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr and Deputy Prime Minister Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi arrive in Berlin, Germany, Saba news agency

Amended UN Roadmap for Yemen: Insurgency Must Retreat from Hodeidah 1st

by Badr Al-Qahtani | May 15, 2017 | Middle East

London- Moving away from a comprehensive insurgency withdrawal from Sana’a to Hodeida, the United Nation’s roadmap for peace in Yemen is now focused on renewing negotiations which have reached a stalemate last August. The UN now adopted an approach based on...

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Southern Resistance fighters gather in the al-Alam entrance of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, after taking control from Houthi fighters July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Houthi Military Commanders Killed in Yemen’s Shabwa, Taiz Governorates

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 11, 2017 | Middle East

Taiz- Insurgency Houthi leader Sharaf Ali Jahm, also known by his alias ‘Abu Jihad,’ was killed along with two companions in fierce clashes on Wednesday with Popular Resistance in Usaylan district in Shabwa governorate. Popular Resistance fighters also thwarted a...