by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 4, 2016 | Middle East
Ahead of UN-backed peace talks, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed a new vice-president and prime minister on Sunday, pro-Hadi state media reported, sacking prime minister and vice-president Khaled Bahah in a major shake-up of senior officials. Hadi...
by Arafat Madabish | Oct 4, 2015 | Middle East
Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement has withdrawn half of its militias currently stationed in the central Ma’rib province to areas bordering Sana’a, in preparation for an impending assault on the capital by government loyalists and forces from the anti-Houthi...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2015 | Middle East
Aden, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah returned to the southern port city of Aden on Wednesday in a step towards restoring a government on home soil after months of working from exile with Gulf Arab allies to fight against Houthi control of...
by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Sep 4, 2015 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is set to appoint a new prime minister and reduce the number of ministries “within the next few days”, a government source has said, in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at “reducing costs and...
by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Aug 2, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah returned to Yemen on Saturday for the first time since March, when he was placed under house arrest by Houthi rebels and then forced to flee the country. “I aim to return...