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Two members of the Shi’ite Houthi movement inspect the scene of a car-bomb blast that targeted the residence of the newly-appointed Iranian ambassador to Yemen, in Sana’’a, on December 5, 2014. (EPA/YAHYA ARHAB)

Yemeni Houthis receiving heavy weapon shipments via Red Sea ports: sources

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 7, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Houthi fighters have received shipments of heavy weapons via Red Sea ports under their control, Yemeni government sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. Militia groups loyal to the Shi’ite movement, which continues to advance...

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Inger Andersen, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, hands Israeli Regional Development Minister Sylvan Shalom a document as they sign an agreement with Jordan and the Palestinians at the World Bank in Washington, DC on December 9, 2013 to construct a Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline to carry water north and slow down the desiccation of the Dead Sea. (AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM)

Middle East water deal brings Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline one step closer

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 10, 2013 | Middle East

Washington, Reuters—Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority on Monday signed a water-sharing agreement that includes the building of a desalination plant on the Gulf of Aqaba and a pilot study for a pipeline linking the Red Sea with the Dead Sea, the World Bank...

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Men (front row) accused of smuggling weapons from Iran sit in the court room of a state security court for their first hearing, in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden April 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Yaser Hasan)

Yemen seeks maritime arms smuggling crackdown

by Mohammed Jumeh | May 23, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian nationals are using islands in the Red Sea to store illegal arms, with a view to smuggling these to the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Sa’ada Governorate, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of...