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Yemen bans rally marking British pullout after killings

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

Yemeni police banned southern separatists from staging a demonstration marking Britain's 1967 withdrawal from the Arabian Peninsula country after gunmen from the south killed two northerners on Monday. The armed men ambushed one northerner at a roadblock near Radfan, about 360 kilometres (225 miles) south of the capital, Sanaa, killing him and seizing his car, said Jasser al-Yamani, deputy governor...

Yemen: An Architectural Gem

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009

Yemeni Omar Barsawad shares with us information on the Yemeni capital San'aa. “Be it in Sana'a Old City or the mud bricked houses of Hadhramout, Yemen's architecture remains very much traditional and unique. And is still being preserved in most parts of the country,” he notes.

Yemen closes Iran hospital, clinic in Sanaa

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Yemen said on Wednesday it has ordered the closure of the Iranian hospital and clinic in Sanaa due to what it said was Iran's support of the facilities and lack of transparency in their accounts. Both facilities are run by the Iranian Red Crescent. "The interior ministry has decided to close the Iranian clinic and hospital because of lack of transparency of their accounts and... Iranian financial...

Middle East's regional and sectarian rivalries escalate Yemen conflict

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Sa'ada fighting risks turning into proxy war between Sunni powerhouse of Saudi Arabia and Shia rival, Iran Saudi bombing raids on rebel positions inside Yemen represent a significant escalation of a local conflict that has become entangled in wider regional rivalries with alarming sectarian undertones. Viewed from Riyadh, the fighting in Sa'ada province is intended to protect the Saudi side of a long...

Japanese engineer kidnap in Yemen

BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

A Japanese engineer is reported kidnapped by armed tribesmen in Arhab, Yemen, north-east of the capital, Sanaa.

Stepping back in time to the Yemen of old

France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

For centuries, the traditional Turkish-style bathhouse -- hamam in Arabic -- has been a cornerstone of life in the Middle East, a place for social gatherings as well as for ritual cleansing. Many hamams are also architectural jewels in their own right. Inside the 410-year-old Hamam al-Abhar in the Yemeni capital Sanaa's old city, men of all ages relax after their steam bath in rounded halls where...

The Gulf's powder keg

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

The pitched battles between Saudi Arabian troops and Yemen’s al Houthi militants which have hit the headlines over the past week are only one of the headaches for the beleaguered government in Sana’a as it battles poverty and depleting oil reserves while struggling to quell an internal secessionist movement. Nineteen years ago the Yemen Arab Republic in the north and the southern People’s...

Yemen denounces Iranian 'interference' in its internal affairs

Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

SANAA, YEMEN -- The Yemeni government on Wednesday lashed out against what it described as Iranian "interference" in its affairs, escalating tensions in a civil conflict pitting Yemen's army against Shiite rebels that has drawn in Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, and raised fears o...

WFP Reaches Close To 100,000 People In Yemen Amidst Continued Fighting

World Food Program (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

SANA’A – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners have reached almost 100,000 displaced Yemenis with food assistance in four northern governorates since August when a new round of fighting erupted between government troops and rebel forces.

Watching Yemen

Brian's Study Breaks (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

I feel like I should be trying to learn more about this : "Lambasting the dubious role being played by Iran in the stand-off between government forces and Al Houthi rebels in Yemen, Saudi analysts accused Iran of breeding ‘Al Houthi Hezbollah' in order to create a security headache for the kingdom. "Dr Ali Al Atiyyah, a political analyst, said Al Houthi rebels are simply tools in the...

Yemen rebels say army launched attacks from Saudi territory

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Sana'a, Yemen - Shiite rebels fighting the national army in north-western Yemen accused Saudi Arabia on Monday of allowing Yemeni forces to use its territories as a launchpad for attacking their positions on the border. Saudi authorities opened its ...

Yemen: Country's addiction to drugs dries out water supply

Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

According to Wikipedia , "It is estimated that 40% of the country's water supply goes towards irrigating" the mass produced narcotic plant called qat, "with production increasing by about 10% to 15% every year. Water consumption is so high that groundwater levels in the Sanaa basin are diminishing; because of this, government officials have proposed relocating large portions of the population...

• Thirsty Plant Dries Out Yemen - New York Times
• Yemeni farmers turn to growing addictive plant as water sources dry up - Denver Post

Yemen's Water Crisis A Mideast Warning

War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

The City of Sanaa From Terra Daily: Sanaa may be the first capital city in the world to run out of water. If that happens, it will be a signpost to the conflicts over shrinking resources that scientists and sociologists see coming in the decades ahead. The ancient city, which dates back to the Sabean dynasty of the 6th century B.C., is expected to run out of drinking water as early as 2025 at current...

Yemen's water crisis a Mideast warning

Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Terra Daily via UPI : Sanaa may be the first capital city in the world to run out of water. If that happens, it will be a signpost to the conflicts over shrinking resources that scientists and sociologists see coming in the decades ahead. The ancient city, which dates back to the Sabean dynasty of the 6th century B.C., is expected to run out of drinking water as early as 2025 at current consumption...

Yemen arrests Somali al-Qaeda member in mosque raid

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni security forces have arrested a Somali man believed to belong to the terror al-Qaeda group in a raid on a mosque in the west of the country, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The suspect was arrested along with five other...

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