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A Yemeni soldier controls a driver at a checkpoint on March 16, 2013 in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Yahya Saleh Announces Support for Yemeni Military Restructuring

by Arafat Madabish | Apr 17, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Colonel Yahya Mohamed Saleh, nephew of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, announced his support for the president’s decision to restructure the army, which has seen many Saleh loyalists being distanced from power. Speaking exclusively...

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File photo of Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ahmar, the head of Yemen’s powerful Hashid tribe. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Sheikh Al-Ahmar on Yemen’s National Dialogue

by Mohammed Jumeh | Apr 13, 2013 | Interviews

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ahmar is the head of Yemen’s powerful Hashid tribe. He rose to prominence during Yemen’s revolution when he backed the revolutionary youth against the Saleh regime. He resigned from his position in...

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Nicholas Hopton, UK Ambassador to Yemen (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Britain’s Ambassador to Yemen on the National Dialogue

by Mohammed Jumeh | Apr 3, 2013 | Interviews

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—With all attention in Yemen on the recently-convened National Dialogue, fears for the future of one of the Middle East’s most troubled and fragile states have been eclipsed somewhat, but have not disappeared. Encumbered by severe...

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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi (C) speaks next to members of the dialogue committee during the first opening session of a national dialogue conference in Sanaa March 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)

Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference Begins

by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 19, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen officially launched the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference on Monday at the presidential palace in Sana’a. This dialogue is planned to go on for the next six months. Headed by President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, it takes place in...

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A follower of the separatist Southern Movement holds a flag of former South Yemen as he stops cars on a street in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden February 26, 2013. Source: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemen’s Southern Movement Denies Receiving Iranian Aid

by Arafat Madabish | Mar 16, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Southern Movement has received no support from Iran and remains opposed to the use of violence, according to a senior figure within the coalition. Charges that Iran is supporting pro-secession groups in Yemen have received more...