Fighter at a Neglected Front
Tawakkul Karman The 32-year-old wears her scarf loosely, a style more familiar in Iran or the Gulf than Yemen and she hasn’t settled her mind yet about the prize that has put her at the center of one...
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A Yemeni Shi’ite boy attends a march during Ashoura celebrations in Sana’a on 24 November 2012. Source: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images Sana’a witnessed a shocking and unprecedented event last month:...
View ArticleTime to Talk
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) attends a meeting with Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi in Sana’a on 19 November 2012. Source: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images Crying wolf was...
View ArticleSaleh Under Pressure to Leave Yemen
Yemen’s former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, in February 2012, when he formally handed over power to his deputy. Source: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images LONDON/SANA’A, Asharq Al-Awsat—An official...
View ArticleYemen in 2013
A Yemeni pro-democratic protestor shows her hands painted in the colors of her national flag and text reading in Arabic, “We want the implementation of decisions” during a demonstration in Sana’a on 3...
View ArticleInside or Outside the Tent?
A Yemeni soldier mans a checkpoint in Sana’a on 23 January 2013. Source: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty ImagesLast month, Christmas came early for many Yemenis. President Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi carried out...
View ArticleThirteen People Killed in Suicide Attack
Yemeni soldiers stand guard outside the state security court in Sana’a during the first hearing of suspected Yemeni Al-Qaeda militants on January 19, 2013. Source: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images....
View ArticleYemen Pipeline Attackers Demand Compensation
Police troopers are silhouetted as they stand guard on bridge overlooking the parade commemorating the second anniversary of the uprising. SOURCE: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images SANA’A, Asharq...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda’s air war in Yemen
Yemeni security forces inspect the scene where a Russian-made Yemeni military jet crashed into a residential district of the capital Sanaa on May 13, 2013, killing the pilot, officials said. Witnesses...
View ArticleYemeni official says some Houthis fighting for Assad
Kalashnikovs belonging to Yemeni tribal leaders meeting to resolve local feuds. Sniperphoto Agency/ Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi rebels are...
View ArticleC’est La Vie in Sana’a
A Yemeni soldier searches a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the US embassy compound in Sana’a on August 4, 2013. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)Yemen is in the international spotlight...
View ArticleFeeding the Flame
A Yemeni man holds up a banner during a protest against US drone attacks on Yemen close to the home of Yemeni President Hadi, in the capital Sana’a, on January 28, 2013. (AFP/Getty Images)Within days...
View ArticleCuriouser and Curiouser
A Yemeni soldier mans a checkpoint on the outskirts of Sana’a on May 16, 2012, amid tight security measures as the military continues to ramp up its offensive against Al-Qaeda in the country’s restive...
View ArticleThe Dead and the Disappeared
Yemeni protesters, one of them holding a picture of a martyr killed during last year’s rebellion against president Ali Abdullah Saleh, shout slogans during a demonstration in Sanaa on September 4,...
View ArticleTwin Al-Qaeda Attacks in South Yemen kill 40
Yemeni soldiers man a checkpoint in the capital Sana’a on September 20, 2013 after suspected Al-Qaeda fighters killed at least 40 soldiers and police in a wave of dawn attacks. (Mohammed...
View ArticleKeeping Yemen’s Lights On
Yemeni students study for final exams under candlelight amid disruption of electricity up to 20 continuous hours a day in Sana’a on June 25, 2011. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)Mentioning the name...
View ArticleYemen official: Defense Ministry attackers targeted president
A car burns at the site of a suicide car bombing at the Defense Ministry in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, on December 5, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/STR) Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The double suicide attack on the...
View ArticleBuilding a Free Press in Yemen
Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (C-L) was joined by former US Presidential Adviser Dalia Mogahed (C), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman (C-R) at the London launch of the MBI Al Jaber Media...
View ArticleThe Echo of a Bomb
People visit the scene of the attack on the Yemeni defense ministry that took place on December 5, following the funeral of victims of the attack in the capital, Sana’a, on December 9, 2013. (MOHAMMED...
View ArticleYemeni official says some Houthis fighting for Assad
Kalashnikovs belonging to Yemeni tribal leaders meeting to resolve local feuds. Sniperphoto Agency/ Demotix/Demotix/Press Association Images LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi rebels are...
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