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by Brian Whitaker
Originally published in Middle East International, 9 July 2004
At least 130 people have died so far in Yemen’s bloodiest internal conflict since the civil war of 1994. During the clashes, which began on June 18, security forces have resorted to tanks and warplanes in their effort…
A WEEK of riots and demonstrations against price rises in Yemen has left more than 50 dead. On June 18 the government announced increases of 40% on petrol, 35% on wheat and flour, and 25% on cooking gas in the latest phase of the economic restructuring package agreed with World Bank/IMF three years…
Extracts from the INA's charter, as published in English on the organisation's website. The document is undated.
The Iraqi National Accord (I.N.A.) was established in 1990 to achieve a democratic pluralistic regime that respects human rights and lives peacefully with its citizens, neighbors and…
TEN Yemeni soldiers were reported killed during recent clashes in which Saudi forces are said to have seized Jabal Jahfan, seven kilometres inside Yemeni territory. News of the incursion sent Yemen’s foreign minister scurrying to Riyadh with a message from President Ali Abdullah Salih.
Although the…
Panic erupts as Britons accused in Yemen are told they face death sentences. It's an hour before they hear it was all just a mistake by a translator
THE WHEELS of Yemeni justice have enmeshed the five jailed Britons in a machine that grinds slowly forward one moment, spins dizzily the next, then…
ARTILLERY shells and mortar bombs rained down yesterday on the Crater district of Aden, its problems compounded by a rift in the leadership of Yemen's breakaway southern state.
The south appealed for urgent humanitarian help for the city and urged the world community to end Yemen's seven-week civil…
American draft resolution, co-sponsored by Britain, which was presented to the UN Security Council on 6 November 2002.
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Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions, in particular its resolutions 661 (1990) of 6 August 1990, 678 (1990) of 29 November 1990, 686 (1991) of 2 March 1991,…
TWO YEARS, almost to the day, since suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole in Aden harbour, Yemen has witnessed a second act of maritime terrorism.
On October 6, according to investigators, a small boat packed with explosives rammed the French oil tanker, Limburg, off Mukalla, setting it ablaze and…
YEMEN'S four-month-old government has run into a confrontation with opposition parties over fuel prices and electoral reform.
At the end of July the oil ministry raised the price of diesel by 70 per cent to 17 riyals (10 US cents) a litre. Bakers and other businesses seized the opportunity to hike…
YEMEN'S civil war closed in on the rival power centres yesterday as the Saba news agency said southern forces fired five Scud missiles at the capital Sana'a, while northern forces advanced on the Socialist stronghold of Aden.
The Saba report said the Scuds did not cause any material damage or…
ARAB ART ONLINE: Susan Hefuna: Al Sabr Gamil (Patience is Beautiful) 2007. Ink stained on wood 140 x 170 cm. More information | Click to enlarge
