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Pro-democracy demonstrators hold a Yemeni flag during celebrations to mark the anniversary of an uprising against the regime of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayagh (YEMEN – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY)

Opinion: Can the six regions save Yemen from collapse?

by Mustapha Al Noman | Feb 20, 2014 | Opinion

Before the start of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference in Yemen, some members of the technical committee insisted on beginning with measures to build confidence in the South and normalize the situation in Saada. These measures would provide a means to...

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In this photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi signs the final approval on transforming Yemen into a federal state of six regions in Sana’a Yemen, on Monday, February 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Yemen’s Defense Ministry)

Opinion: Yemen and the Federal System

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 13, 2014 | Opinion

It does not matter whether a regime is republican, royal, centralized, federal, socialist or capitalist. What’s more important is a government’s ability to achieve justice and enjoy the approval of citizens. North Yemen was an inanimate regime until 1962. It became a...

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A Yemeni man holds up the national flag during celebrations marking the third anniversary of the Yemeni revolution that toppled former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, at Sanaa University in the capital, on January 15, 2014. The Yemeni revolution came after the Tunisian Revolution and Egyptian Revolution of 2011. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED HUWAIS

Opinion: A Possible Alternative for Yemen

by Mustapha Al Noman | Jan 19, 2014 | Opinion

On December 23, 2013, Yemeni state media broadcast footage of a meeting during which the a document called the “Solutions and Guarantees Relating to the Southern Issue” was signed. State media announced that this document would bring about salvation and secure a...