After saboteurs of unknown identity blew-up a main crude oil export pipeline in Yemen on Thursday, officials were forced to close it down. This is only the latest attack in what has become a regular event along the Maarib pipeline. Before the attacks began in 2010 the pipeline used to carry about 110,000 barrels per… Continue Reading
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Saleh Sails Away
Ali Abdullah Saleh was released from hospital yesterday. He was there for over 2 months, following the bombing of Sanaa, his official residence. He will not be returning there but will stay in Riyadh. It is intended that this will be a temporary stop for him, as he continues his recuperation. Saleh has had a… Continue Reading
Yemen in Turmoil After President Injured
Yemini President Saleh Injured On June 3rd the president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh was seriously injured in what appears to have been a bombing on the presidential palace. The following day Saleh, aged 69, was evacuated from the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, and transported to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment. He apparently suffered critical… Continue Reading
World Bank Takes Optimistic View towards Mideast Upheaval
Long Term Positive Prospects The World Bank released a report on Tuesday saying that despite the short-term downward movement of Middle Eastern and Northern African economies, in the long run the world can expect to see positive movement in that region. The report is the World Bank’s regional economic update for May 2011 for the… Continue Reading
Drones Miss Awlaki in First Missile Strike in Yemen in A Year
Just days after the US successful raid on Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan resulting in his death, US drones attempted to kill the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. Awlaki Born in USA: Turns to al Qaeda US officials stated that the missile strike was unsuccessful, and Awlaki is still alive. Awlaki is… Continue Reading
Gaddafi Succeeds in Fight for Sirte
Reversing gains made by rebels in the past several weeks after NATO forces gave air support to Libyan rebels; Gaddafi’s loyalist forces took Sirte, Gaddafi’s hometown, in their continuing advance east, blocking the way of the rebels’ westward push. Rebels were forced back to Bin Jawad, a town which they had taken on Monday, and… Continue Reading
South Yemen Not Happy With Unification
Discussions these days in the qat saloons of southern Yemen focus on the discontent people feel with what they see as the failed attempt at unification of what used to be two distinct countries, Yemen and South Yemen. Taking the lead from other protesters across the Middle East, dissenters in southern Yemen have taken to… Continue Reading
ICRC Coordinating Food Aid in Northern Yemen
The governor of the northern Yemen province of Sa’adah met with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) this week to discuss the available options for increasing the amount of food aid to the area. Governor Taha Hajjer met on Tuesday with Klaus Spreyermann to explore the ways in which provisions… Continue Reading
Obama Intervenes to Keep Yemeni Journalist Jailed
Jailed Yemeni journalist Abdul-Elah Haidar Shaye was granted a pardon by President Ali Abdullah Saleh even before the recent anti-government demonstrations broke out in Yemen last week, but he had not yet been released. As part of concessions President Saleh made to the protestors was included the agreement to finally release Haidar Shaye. However this… Continue Reading
Stick and Carrot Should Be Tried in Middle East
As violence continues to escalate in the Middle East analysts in the United States are wondering what the best approach to achieving security in the region might be. In wake of the rocket attack of a convoy of British embassy personnel which took place in the Yemeni capital of San’a recently the United States is… Continue Reading