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People watch a screen displaying a live speech by the leader of the Houthi group Abdul Malik Al-Houthi in Sana’a on February 26, 2015. (Reuters/Mohamed Al-Sayaghi)

Yemen: Houthis hit back over Aden embassy move

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Feb 27, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a televised speech on Thursday, Yemeni Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al-Houthi issued a strongly-worded message backing his group’s coup in the capital Sana’a. Houthi criticized Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s exit from Sana’a, and his...

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People demonstrate against the dissolution of Yemen’s parliament and the takeover by the armed Shi’ite Muslim Houthi group, in the southwestern city of Taiz. (Reuters Photos.)

UN’s Yemen envoy to propose draft settlement: source

by Arafat Madabish | Feb 10, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—UN Special Envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar is set to put forward an agreement to resolve the political crisis in the country, a source from a key Yemeni political coalition told Asharq Al-Awsat. This development comes a day after UN-brokered talks...

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epa04611545 Yemeni soldiers loyal the Shiite Houthi Group stand guard outside the headquarters of the parliament in Sana’a, Yemen, 09 February 2015. Reports state the Houthis announced on 06 February the dissolution of the Yemeni parliament and the formation of a 551-member interim National Council to solve the political crisis in the country. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

Opinion: Yemen’s chaos is a threat to the Arab world

by Salman Al-dossary | Feb 9, 2015 | Opinion

The Houthi movement succeeded in misleading the entire Yemeni political establishment for about 141 days. They misled outgoing president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (who is currently still under house arrest). They misled the UN assistant secretary-general and special...

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Yemeni armed members of the Shi’ite Houthi movement shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration in Sana’a on February 4, 2015 in support of the militia which overran the Yemeni capital in September. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

Yemen facing civil war: UN envoy

by Arafat Madabish | Feb 4, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—UN special envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar warned that the country is sliding towards civil war as a deadline offered by the Shi’ite Houthi movement to fill the power vacuum following President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s resignation expired on...

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United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura shows a map of the Syrian town of Kobani during a press conference at the UN office in Geneva on October 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

Opinion: Don’t Blame the Mediator

by Ali Ibrahim | Nov 5, 2014 | Opinion

From the Gulf to the Atlantic, the UN has appointed official envoys, representatives and mediators to tackle the region’s urgent crises, fires which are spreading widely and which no one seems to be able to put out, and show that this region has become one of...