by Nasser Al-Haqbani | May 3, 2015 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The rebuilding of the beleaguered Yemeni armed forces will be among the top priorities during an upcoming conference on Yemen due to take place in the Saudi capital Riyadh later this month, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. The sources,...
by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 29, 2015 | Opinion
Aside from accusations leveled against former UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar by Yemen’s politicians—who have said he lied to the UN Security Council and sought to legitimize the Houthi coup, as well as blaming him for the current catastrophic situation in Yemen—the...
by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Apr 28, 2015 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s legitimate government has accused Jamal Benomar, the UN’s former special envoy to Yemen, of siding with the Houthi movement during UN-sponsored talks between the country’s different political factions earlier in the...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Mar 25, 2015 | Opinion
What is currently happening in Yemen is not the first problem Saudi Arabia has faced with respect to its neighbor to the south. But the current problems don’t just concern Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom is of course the most affected out of the countries of the Arabian...
by Arafat Madabish | Mar 4, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The rebel Houthi movement and Yemen’s ruling General People’s Congress (GPC) party turned down on Tuesday a proposal by embattled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to move UN-sponsored talks to Riyadh, a government source told Asharq...
