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Army soldiers man a checkpoint outside Amran city, the capital of Amran province, north of Sanaa, amid tension with militants of the Shi’ite Houthi group, April 13, 2014. (Reuters/Khalid Abdullah)

Yemeni forces repel Houthis in Amran

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | May 30, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Dozens of Shi’ite insurgents have been killed in the northern Yemeni province of Amran over the past 48 hours, following a series of violent clashes with military forces backed by local tribes. More than 100 Houthi rebels have been killed over...

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Police troopers stand on a police patrol vehicle stationed under a bridge in Sana’a on May 5, 2014. (Reuters/ Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants target presidential palace, defense minister

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Suspected Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants attacked the presidential palace in Sana’a on Friday and elsewhere sought to assassinate Yemen’s Defense Minister in Shabwa, in an apparent reprisal for a major military offensive in...

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Yemeni soldiers hold up their weapons at a position taken from Al-Qaeda militants in Mayfaa, in the southeastern province of Shabwa, in this May 7, 2014 handout photo. (Reuters)

Yemen FM: War against Al-Qaeda will take years

by Aidroos Abdelaziz | May 9, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi said that it will take Yemen years to completely eradicate Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) from the country, as Yemeni military forces continue a massive offensive against the militant group in the...

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Yemeni troops are seen stationed in Raida, in Shabwa province, in southern Yemen on May 1, 2014. (AFP Photo)

Yemen expands southern AQAP offensive

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 3, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen expanded its offensive against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) forces in the south of the country on Friday, announcing the death of a number of militants. Yemen’s Interior Ministry announced that government forces had...

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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,...