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epa04446417 Thousands of pro-secession southern Yemenis hold flags of the former People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen during an anti-unity rally in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, 14 October 2014. Even as Shiite Houthi militias occupy Sana’a and as of 14 October Yemen’s second largest port city of Hodeida reports state thousands of southern […]

Opinion: The End of a Unified Yemen?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 18, 2014 | Opinion

Popular, political and military activity calling for the secession of southern Yemen intensified this week in Aden and Hadramout. The possibility of southern Yemen becoming its own independent state is now closer than at any time before. While unity and division are...

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Foreign Minister of Yemen Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi attends a news conference at the Friends of Yemen ministerial meeting in London, Britain, 07 March 2013. (EPA/Andy Rain)

Yemen’s foreign minister on Iran, reform and terrorism

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | May 30, 2013 | Interviews

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awqsat—It is fair to say that Yemen, the most troubled state on the Arabian peninsula, faces more than its share of domestic and foreign crises. Ever since the downfall of president Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2012, it has struggled to deal with the...

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Pro-democracy protesters demonstrate to call for the prosecution of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa March 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Opinion: Yemen’s Unsteady Transition

by Bernard Haykel | Apr 16, 2013 | Opinion

The recent shakeup in Yemen has effectively ended former president Saleh’s influence in the country and is a welcome development, but it is far from sufficient to end his legacy of 33 years of misrule, mismanagement and corruption. With much support from Saudi Arabia,...

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Pro-democracy protesters demonstrate to call for the prosecution of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa March 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen and the Threat of Secession

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 19, 2013 | Opinion

In 1990, three months before Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Iraq, North Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh surprised everyone by announcing his agreement with South Yemen leader Ali Salem al-Beidh to integrate the two regimes and unify. Optimism reigned...