by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2015 | Middle East
Taiz, Jeddah and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Forces from the Saudi-led coalition, Yemeni government loyalists, and the Yemeni army are readying for an assault on the Houthis and their allies in Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province, which they hope will help them recapture...
by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 27, 2015 | Middle East
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin on Saturday criticized the UN Security Council for its response to the crisis that has plunged the country into turmoil for over a year. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone from New York—where he...
by Arafat Madabish | Sep 21, 2015 | Middle East
Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Yemeni government has not been informed of UN-brokered talks currently being held in the Omani capital Muscat in order to resolve the crisis in Yemen, Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin said on Sunday. UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh...
by Arafat Madabish | Aug 30, 2015 | Middle East
Sana’a and Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A coordinated ground operation including forces from the Saudi-led anti-Houthi coalition, the Yemeni army, and volunteers loyal to Yemen’s government will soon be launched to liberate areas of the country still under the control...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2015 | Middle East
Aden and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Around 100 people have been killed in shelling by Houthi rebels on the southern port city of Aden, according to international NGO Doctors Without Borders. The organization’s Hassan Boucenine told the Associated Press almost 100...
