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Cost of Hajj is Reduced For 19,500 Yemenis

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Jul 29, 2016 | Middle East

Saudi Arabia has confirmed that 19,500 Yemeni pilgrims have obtained a Hajj visa and that the first group of Yemeni pilgrims is due to arrive in the kingdom on the 18th of August. The Yemeni Minister of Endowments and Religious Guidance in Yemen Dr Fuad Abu Baker told...

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Houthi militants stand guard near a gathering on March 9, 2016. Reuters

Yemen: Rebels Renew Coup with Political Council, U.N. Condemns

by Abdul Hadi Habtor, Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef, Jordan Dakamseh, Mohamed Ali Mohsen | Jul 29, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh, New York, Aden-Once again, Yemeni insurgents have violated Yemen’s constitution and international resolutions by announcing a unilateral agreement. Houthis and Ali Abdullah Saleh have established a political council in a severe blow to the political solution...

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Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheik Ahmed. (UN Photo/Elma Ocik)

Yemen Peace Talks in Kuwait Extended for another Week

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Negotiations on a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Yemen, currently underway in Kuwait, will be extended for another week. Well-informed sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed would resume the...

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A boy walks on a street littered with cooking gas cylinders after a fire and explosions . Reuters

Sarari’s Liberation Reveals Iranian Training Centers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Taiz-The Yemeni legitimate forces have liberated Al-Sarari region in Taiz after months of clashes with the Houthi militias and Saleh’s forces. Near the village, government forces found a barrack used as a weapons depot and as a base to train insurgents based on the...

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Campaign to Purge Terrorists From Abyan With the Support of the Arab Coalition

by Bassam al-Qadi | Jul 27, 2016 | Middle East

Senior military sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the decision to purge terrorist groups from the province of Abyan and deploy security forces in cities and districts across the province has been taken once and for all. They added that the battle to rid the province...