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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
