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Followers of the Shi’ite Houthi group mark Ashura, an important period of mourning for Shi’ites, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Arabic on the red banner reads, “disgrace is far from us.” (AP)

Yemen: National Dialogue calls for immediate end to Dammaj conflict

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 14, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The National Dialogue Conference in Yemen has called for an immediate end to the conflict taking place in Dammaj in the northern Saada governorate between the Houthi and Salafists forces. A statement issued by the National Dialogue...

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A supporter of an Islamic Salafist movement, center, holds a banner with Arabic writing that reads, “Dammaj under the fire,” as he and others take part in a demonstration in Sana’a to denounce shelling in Dammaj by Houthi rebels on Saturday, November 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen mediator says Dammaj fighting includes “war crime”

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 4, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ongoing violence between Houthis and Salafists around the town of Dammaj, northern Yemen, has claimed an estimated 100 victims as Houthi fighters continue to bombard the town. Yehia Abuesbaa, head of the committee tasked by Yemeni president...

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Yemenis shout slogans during a protest outside the home of Yemeni President Yemeni President Hadi against the fighting between the Shi’ite Houthi movement and Salafist militants in the northern town of Dammaj, on November 2, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Yemen: Salafist–Houthi ceasefire breaks down

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 3, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—A government-brokered ceasefire in deadly sectarian clashes between Salafists and Shi’a Houthis in northern Yemen reportedly broke down on Sunday. Sources in the town of Dammaj told Asharq Al-Awsat that 75 Salafists had been killed in attacks...

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A Yemeni soldier stands guard at the site of a bomb attack on a bus in Sana’a, Yemen, on September 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Dozens killed after Houthis attack Salafist groups

by Arafat Madabish | Oct 31, 2013 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Dozens of residents have been killed in northern Yemen in ongoing attacks by Houthis on Salafist groups, in breach of a ceasefire brokered by a presidential delegation earlier this month. Local sources in the town of Dammaj, in Sa’ada...

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Palestinian Hamas security forces march in the streets of Gaza City on September 25, 2013. (AFP/Mhamud Hams)

Hamas-Salafist Rapprochement in the Gaza Strip

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 10, 2013 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Leading Palestinian Salafist Jihadist figure, Abu Abdullah Al-Maqdisi, informed Asharq Al-Awsat that there has been significant communication and contact between Hamas and the Gaza Strip’s Salafist-Jihadist front over the past months to...