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A Yemeni security officer stands guard during the first hearing on August 26, 2013 in the case of the June 2011 bombing of the Yemeni presidential palace outside the state security court in Sanaa. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Yemen: Al-Qaeda fighters killed in clashes as conference faces obstacles

by Arafat Madabish | Sep 4, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—A number of members of Al-Qaeda and pro-government forces were been killed in Yemen on Tuesday, following armed clashes in Abyan Province. Sources in Abyan, speaking on a condition of anonymity, told Asharq Al-Awsat that clashes erupted...

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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi speaks during the opening session of the second national dialogue conference in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a on June 8, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Yemen: National Dialogue Conference under way as violence escalates

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 30, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi chaired a meeting with the members of the National Dialogue Committee on Wednesday, amid continuing violence in different parts of the country. The meeting discussed some of the issues reported to the...

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A parachutist sporting the colours of the Yemen national flag, lands during the opening ceremony of the Sanaa Summer Festival in Sanaa August 18, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemeni government issues apology for civil war

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 22, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Yemeni government has agreed to apologize to the people of the Southern and Eastern governorates and the people of Sa’adah and nearby regions for the 1994 civil war. The decision came at the weekly meeting of the Council of Ministers...

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A police trooper mans a machine gun on an armoured personnel carrier positioned near the British Embassy in Sanaa August 18, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemeni security official assassinated, Al-Qaeda blamed

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 22, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Unknown assailants thought to be affiliated with Al-Qaeda assassinated a prominent security official in Aden on Wednesday. Colonel Ali Hadi, the Political Security Department chief in Aden, the largest city in southern Yemen, was shot...

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Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi speaks during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Natalia Kolesnikova, Pool)

Yemen: Southern Movement will not return to national dialogue, says source

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 19, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Southern Mobility Movement will refuse to return to the National Dialogue Conference, according to a source in the organization, although the chair of the conference said it would return in the near future The source,...