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Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi (R) meets with senior Yemeni officials at the Republican Palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on February 23, 2015. (EPA/Stringer)
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Heavily armed Yemenis guard the entrance to the hotel where representatives of warring factions in Yemen are attending closed-door talks under UN auspices in Sana’a, Yemen, on February 5, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
Two-region federal state is solution to crisis: former South Yemen leader
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former South Yemen President Ali Nasser Muhammad has said he would accept an invitation to chair a presidential council to fill the power vacuum in Yemen only if political factions endorsed a two-region federal state solution to the crisis....Caption:
Protesters chant slogans against Houthi Shi’ite rebels who hold the capital, Sana’a, on January 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Southern Yemen moves towards secession as Houthis call for reconciliation
Sana’a and Aden, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Southern Al-Hirak secessionist movement is poised to take further steps towards breaking away from the rest of the country and restoring the former state of South Yemen, according to political sources in the country....Caption:
Yemenis demonstrate against the Houthis in the center of the capital Sanaa yesterday (Reuters)
Yemen: Southern secessionists step up Aden protests on independence day
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Thousands of Yemenis in the country’s southern region are continuing protests in the southern port city of Aden, calling for independence from the rest of the country, on the 47th anniversary of Yemen’s independence from Britain which saw it...Caption:
Yemeni protesters chant slogans against Houthi rebels during a rally on September 30, 2014 in the capital Sana’a. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)