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British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt speaks during a press conference in Baghdad on February 12, 2013. (AFP)

Alistair Burt Discusses Friends of Yemen Conference

by Mohammed Jumeh | Mar 11, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen is fast approaching a pivotal juncture. On the one hand, the country represents one of the more successful cases to emerge from the Arab Spring: Demonstrations first broke out in early 2011 and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh...

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Supporters of Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi attend a rally to mark the first anniversary of his election in the southern port city of Aden February 21, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen Needs More than Pledges

by Inger Andersen | Mar 6, 2013 | Opinion

Last year the international community made a commitment to Yemen, pledging USD 7.5 billion in support of both the reconstruction effort and the political transition. Now is the time to fulfill those promises. Yemen has made significant progress since the adoption of...

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Bahrain’s Justice Minister Khalid Al Khalifa, speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. (AP)

Bahraini Justice Minister Discusses National Dialogue

by Ubaid Al-Suhaimy | Mar 3, 2013 | Interviews

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two years after the outbreak of mass opposition protests against the Bahraini monarchy on 14 February 2011, Bahrain embarked on a national dialogue in February 2013 in an effort to end the kingdom’s political deadlock. So far, five sessions...

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A Yemeni soldier mans a checkpoint in Sana’a on 23 January 2013. Source: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images

Can Yemenis Rule in Yemen?

by Manuel Almeida | Feb 6, 2013 | Opinion

The history of some societies can be told in the light of how they dealt with constant external interference in their affairs. This is certainly the case with the Lebanese and their ancestors. The country we call Lebanon today was never immune to foreign invaders,...