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2015-12-15 00:00:00 This handout picture realeased by UN Photo shows UN Special Envoy on the Yemen crisis Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (l) attending the opening of Yemen peace talks on December 15, 2015 in Magglingen, Northen Switzerland.
Yemen’s warring sides sat down for peace talks in Switzerland in a bid to end the devastating conflict as a ceasefire began on the ground, the United Nations said.

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Yemen Presidential Advisor Says Coup Separatist Aspirations Are a Blowback to Negotiations

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

Aden- The coup militias’ establishment of a parallel government in Sanaa, Yemen is a clear terminus handed over to all U.N. efforts of conjuring up a political solution for the war-torn country, a Yemeni prominent politician said. The coup’s separatist aspirations...

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A member of the Houthi militia near vehicles destroyed by an airstrike in Sanaa, EPA

Houthi Militia Top Wardog Killed in Midi District

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz- Fierce clashes erupted between pro-government forces and insurgency militias in Yemen’s Hajjah governorate, located just off the western front of Sanaa. Fighting extended to Taiz as well, spreading across border territory shared with Saudi Arabia. Insurgency...

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(FILE PHOTO) A Yemeni boy loyal to the Houthi rebels AFP

Houthi, Saleh Militias Recruited 40 Children to Fight In Al-Mahweet

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 9, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz – The Human Rights organization in al-Mahweet governorate, northwest of Sana’a, revealed on Thursday that rebel militias had committed 575 violations during the past month of November. The non-governmental local civil organization uncovered in a report that...

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Terrorist Cell in Aden Linked to ISIS in Iraq and Syria is Broken Up

by Bassam al-Qadi | Dec 7, 2016 | Middle East

Security authorities in Aden, the temporary capital of Yemen, announced that they had apprehended a terrorist cell made up of eight people who were involved in assassinating security personnel in different parts of the city that is located in the south of the country....

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Anti-Houthi fighters of the Southern Popular Resistance stand near a tank in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden May 16, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY – RTX1D8MS

Insurgency in Sanaa Presents “War Government”

by Arafat Madabish and Asma Al-Ghabiri | Dec 7, 2016 | Middle East

Aden, Jeddah – Insurgency government presented its governmental program for the remaining members of the parliament- which is not official- and was hoping to gain the trust-vote on the program. Meanwhile, forces of the National Yemeni Army advanced on several fronts...