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Yemen’s Turn
A supporter of Ali Abdullah Saleh unwittingly carries the out-going President’s portrait upside-down Yemen will hold a presidential election on 21 February. Yet opposition groups lack unity, sporadic...
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What Comes Next?
On 14 January 2011, the first president to fall at the hands of protests in the Middle East departed Tunisia. The next twelve months have since become a historic period of profound transition and...
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Qat, Guns and Jihad
Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes Victoria Clark Yale University Press 2010 Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes is the kind of book that keeps you awake at night. Its British author, Aden-born...
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Yemen after Saleh
Ali Abdullah SalehPresident Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to relinquish his office in November 2011. He formally stepped down in February 2012 in favor of his vice president, Abed Rabbo Mansur Al-Hadi,...
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Understanding Dictators
Charlie Chaplin as 'The Great Dictator (1940)' Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Qadhafi, Zine El-Abedine Ben Ali, Saddam Hussein, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and perhaps soon Bashar Al-Assad: once the masters of all...
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Time 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...
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Saleh 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...
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Yemen 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...
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Inside 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...
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Yemeni 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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Saleh for Sale
Though Ali Abdullah Saleh has departed Yemen, his influence remains strong President Ali Abdullah Saleh has finally left Yemen, and now the Yemenis along with the international community must make sure...
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A Reluctant Leader
Abd Rabbu Mansour Al-Hadi After months of reneged promises and prevarication, President Ali Abdullah Saleh has finally transferred his powers to his deputy and jetted off into exile, reportedly in...
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