A photograph showing the portraits of UAE rulers at a military camp in Yemen’s southern city of Mokha, Taiz province has caused angry reactions in the country. A photograph showing the portraits of the rulers [ More … ]
Yemen’s foreign minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi announced that the internationally-recognised government accepted the UN proposal for the strategic Red Sea coast city of Hodeidah. Yemen’s exiled government confirmed that it has agreed to a UN backed [ More … ]
Oman is mediating between Yemeni rivals over peace plans presented last week by UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. Oman is mediating between Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s government and its Houthi opponents [ More … ]
Yemen’s UN envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh survived an alleged assassination attempt in Sanaa on Monday, the foreign ministry said, after shots were fired when pro-rebel protesters stormed his car. The UN’s Yemen envoy survived an [ More … ]
Yemen requires $70 billion for reconstruction and development in the country, Abdulraqib Saif Fatah, minister of local administration and chairman of the Higher Committee on Relief in Yemen said according to Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper. Fatah made his [ More … ]
Yemen appears to be on the verge of final steps to re-partition the country to ‘north’ and ‘south’, if not more, in light of the continuing civil war and the intensified Saudi-Emirati differences and conflict [ More … ]
An official presidential decree dismissing Aden’s governor and a cabinet minister caused a stir in the southern city on Friday. Demonstrators gathered in Yemen’s temporary capital on Friday to protest against President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi’s [ More … ]
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to Yemenis: We’re with you in every step to the last day of our lives Yemen represents “the strategic depth of the Arab nation” and “the origin of [ More … ]
Since the UAE soldiers stepped onto the land of Yemen, the Arab Gulf country did not stop all the time trying to establish its influence in a country which has been suffering from a fierce war for [ More … ]
Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has recently visited Riyadh to enhance coordination of efforts to defeat Yemeni rebels and carry out reconstruction in liberated areas. Yemeni Tourism Minister Mohamed A. Qubaty said on Tuesday that [ More … ]
Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia has earmarked $10 billion (SR37.5 billion) in aid for the reconstruction of provinces retaken from Houthi rebels. Hadi said the Kingdom had allocated $10 [ More … ]
Under floated plan, Al Houthi militants withdraw from major cities and Hadi stays on as president The internationally-recognised government of Yemen has hailed a new road map for Yemen peace which was recently presented to [ More … ]
– Bombardment on funeral procession kills more than 140 victims in Sanaa – United Nations aid envoy Stephen O’Brien said he was “horrified and extremely disturbed” by an attack on a funeral ceremony in Yemen that [ More … ]
The dream of Saudi Arabia concerning the stability of Yemen will turn into a nightmare, as “ Stability comes after the end of a war, regardless of its results,” said Torad Bin Said Alamary, a Saudi writer, [ More … ]
– Bomber rams explosives-laden vehicle into building of pro-government forces – At least 45 people were killed and 60 others wounded in a suspected suicide car bomb attack in Yemen’s southern Aden city Monday, according [ More … ]
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