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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
