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Issue #1686

News

In Brief

Published on 17 June 2013 by Ryam Al-Qadi in News

- Specialists at Ministry of Water and Irrigation discussed a bill Saturday to increase safety and handling regulations for livestock in Yemen. Mohammed Al-Ghashm, the Deputy Minister, said there is already a law with protects Yemeni livestock, but it needs to updated to meet the standards set by the World Trade Organization, which Yemen hopes to join.

Dutch journalist and husband disappear in Sana’a

Published on 17 June 2013 by Yemen Times Staff in News

SANA’A, June 17 — Dutch ambassador Jeroen Verheul has confirmed that a Dutch journalist and her husband disappeared last week in the nation’s capital, Sana’a. The embassy has informed Yemeni authorities about the case, Verheul stated.

Attacks on Yemeni power lines since January 2013

Sheikhs call for execution of power line saboteurs

Published on 17 June 2013 by Samar Al-Ariqi in News

SANA’A, June 17 – The largest tribes in Marib, the Al Hutaik and Al Jardan tribes, signed a tribal order declaring the legality of executing those behind oil and gas pipeline attacks. The move came after military forces launched an attack on the alleged location of the saboteurs.

National Security releases 7 detained Houthis

Published on 17 June 2013 by Ryam Al-Qadi in News

SANA’A, June 17 —Seven detained Ansar Allah members have been released following last Sunday’s clashes between members of the Houthi group and National Security Forces that left 13 dead and over 100 injured. Demonstrators were gathered to protest the continued detention of Ansar Allah members.

Opinion

Poem: Broken Hope

Published on 17 June 2013 by Fuad Noman in Opinion

Comrade! I think you are not forlorn

Shake my hand

I am only your pinion

Geography of religious borders

Published on 17 June 2013 by Jordantimes.com Marwan Al Husayni in Opinion

When writing about social issues in the Arab world, special focus needs to be placed on religion.

Interview

Head of Aba’d Center for Strategic Studies, Abdulsalam Mohammed speak to the Yemen Times

Published on 17 June 2013 by Mohammed Al-Hasani in Interview

U.S. Senator John McCain’s visit to Sana’a at the end of May left many Yemenis with unanswered questions. Foreign and domestic media may have praised the visit, but many Yemenis were wary of the senator’s motives and aims driving his visit.

The Yemen Times spoke with political analyst Abdulsalam Mohammed, head of Aba’d Center for Strategic Studies to hear more.

Report

A pious Zaidi Shia or a dangerous rebel leader? Across the country the portrait of the Houthi leader Hussein Badreddin Al-Houthi is plastered on city walls and emblazoned on flags.

This article has photo galleryWho was Hussein Al-Houthi?

Published on 17 June 2013 by Ali Abulohoom in Report

Although nine years have passed since Hussein Al-Houthi, the founder of the Houthi group, was killed, he was laid to rest just this month.

His funeral was held in Sa’ada, in the mountainous Marran area north of the capital, where the bearded religious leader hoped to create a new, more religiously devout society.

Culture

You better not be chewing qat right now!

Published on 17 June 2013 by Sara Al-Zawqari in Culture

I hope whoever is reading this now is not chewing qat.

If you don’t know what qat is, let me give you a brief introduction. Qat is the son of plants, he’s lettuce’s cousin, and spinaches’ wicked brother! Qat is the green leaf that is chewed and stored in your left cheek if you are a pro, in your right cheek if you are a beginner, and in both sides if you are a dinosaur.

The wells in Al-Shosha’s garden—like others all over the city—are dried up.

This article has photo galleryWill historic Old Sana’a gardens vanish?

Published on 17 June 2013 by Samar Qaed in Culture

Mohammed Al-Shosha looks up to the sky, hoping that rain is on its way.

He says that with each day, his garden becomes more parched. It’s not like it was in the past, he says. He remembers how green and verdant this space used to be, when his father handed it down to him 30 years ago.

Health & Environment

Dialysis centers overcrowded, underfunded

Published on 17 June 2013 by Rammah Al-Jubari in Health & Environment

The dialysis center at the state-run Al-Thawra hospital is overcrowded, underfunded and overused. Their 28 dialysis machines operate around the clock as patients continue to swarm the center.


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