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A woman with suspected cholera infection lies on a bed at a cholera treatment center in Sanaa. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Dispute between Houthis, Saleh Escalates as Coup Anniversary Approaches

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 12, 2017 | Middle East

Aden– Political sources in Yemen said that the General People’s Congress has withdrawn from a committee entrusted with the preparation for the rebels’ coup anniversary, which falls on September 21, highlighting a widening dispute between the Houthis and the party of...

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Yemeni Government Spokesman Rajeh Badi. Reuters

Yemeni Government Awaits UN Special Envoy’s Response on Hodeidah Plan

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Aug 30, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh- The Yemeni government is still waiting for the response of UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed to the proposals it has made concerning Hodeidah, mechanism of supplying its port revenues to the Central Bank and the payment of salaries. A Yemeni...

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United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Sana’a airport on a visit to Yemen, May 22, 2017. Reuters

Ould Cheikh: ‘No Solution in Yemen but for Institutions to Work under Legitimate Government’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 26, 2017 | Middle East

London- UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed revealed Friday that a close meeting between the United Nations and representatives of the Houthi militias will take place in Geneva or in any other regional countries, such as Muscat or Cairo. He said in an...

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Saudi Arabia’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Moallimi. (AFP)

Saudi Ambassador to UN: Houthis May Accept Proposal on Yemen’s Hodeidah

by Turki al-Suhail | Aug 23, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh, New York – Saudi Arabia’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah al-Moallimi stated that the Saudi request to increase the number of UN affiliated observers to ensure the access of aid to Yemen’s Hodeidah Port is now outdated in wake of a...

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A pro-government fighter at Yemen’s Red Sea port of Mokha. Saleh Al Obeidi / AFP / February 9, 2017

Saudi Arabia to Install Cranes at Three Yemeni Ports

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 19, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

New York- Saudi Arabia has said it is installing four cranes at three ports in Yemen to speed up the delivery of humanitarian aid and was ready to do the same at the key insurgent-held port of Hodeidah if it was placed under the control of a neutral party. The cranes...