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Published on 23 May 2013 by Ramzy Alawi in News
- NDC participant Mohammed Salem Akkosh is still being held by Nihm tribe despite ongoing tribal and official mediation. Akkosh was taken in 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday by the tribes while he was on his way to Al-Mahra. He was supposed to be with the National Dialogue team visiting Al-Mahra but missed the flight so decided to catch up with them on his own. He was taken in by the tribe while he was driving through the outskirts of Sana’a.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Samar Al-Ariqi in News
SANA’A, May 22 — Following the release of a presidential decree that ordered the transformation of the Military Compound Division into a public park, dozens of First Armored Division soldiers have started protesting on the site.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
SANA’A, May 22 — Starting on Tuesday, the cleaning and painting campaign of the streets in Tahrir square have been going on under the patronage of Tahrir district manager.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Yemen Times Staff in News
SANA’A, May 22 — A lecture by the Mamoon Hatem, an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader from Ibb governorate has been uploaded to the popular website and has been receiving hundreds of views.
Published on 23 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
ADEN, May 22 — On Tuesday night, former-president Ali Salem Al-Beidh gave a televised speech from London, broadcast on Channel Aden Live, calling for an escalation of strikes and civil disobedience ahead of Wednesday’s Unity Day, the annual celebration of the joining of North and South Yemen in 1990.
Published on 20 May 2013 by Yemen Times Staff in News
The Marakisha tribe released the five captives they had been holding for over a week, including three Red Cross workers and two Egy
Published on 20 May 2013 by Mohammed Al-Hasani in News
SANA’A, May 19 – The Supreme Committee of Elections and Referendum (SCER) said as far as they are concerned parliamentary elections will go ahead in February 2014 as stipulated by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Initiative, the internationally brokered deal that handed power from former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to current President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi.
Published on 20 May 2013 by Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki in News
HADRAMOUT, May 19 – Security authorities said on Saturday that preliminary investigations indicate Al-Qaeda affiliates are responsible for the Friday assassination of Colonel Abdullah Al-Rabaki, an officer in the political security authority in Al-Mukala city in Hadramout governorate.
Published on 20 May 2013 by Mohammed Al-Hassani in News
SANA’A, May 19 — The entire assembly of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) shut down for an hour on Sunday to condemn the killing of two young Southerners in Sana’a, who were shot dead by armed men on Thursday.
Published on 20 May 2013 by Rammah Al-Jubari in News
MARIB, May 20 — Tribal mediations are ongoing in Marib, where on Thursday three journalists, two foreigners, and an employee of the Safer Oil company were kidnapped by tribesmen in the eastern governorate.