Nakba day or the Day of Catastrophe, marks the anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. While this day is celebrated in Israel as the cornerstone of the Jewish state after centuries of diaspora and worldwide persecution,
Following their much publicized release from Yemen the Finnish couple and Austrian national have opened up to the press, telling of their capture and their five months amid al-Qaeda terror militants.
The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed on Thursday that three of its aid workers had been indeed release following intense negotiations with al-Marakisha tribe, a tribal entity which has been linked
A report published by the foreign ministry this month confirmed serious discrepancies in the issuance of diplomatic passports, with a ratio per employee of about 15. While there are 1,000 foreign ministry workers 15,000 passports were issued, about 15 passports per employees.
A Yemeni military aircraft crashed in a residential section of the capital yesterday, killing the pilot and injuring at least 22 people on the ground.
A spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dibeh Fakhr told the press on Tuesday that not one of its staff member had been kidnapped on Monday but three. She added that all were believed to be in good health and in no immediate danger.
As western media are unraveling the series of events which led to the release of Yemen's three western hostages (a Finnish couple and an Austrian national) reports in Austria are now alleging that Oman had to pay up $50 million to their kidnappers in order to secure their freedom.
While the only working democratic republican system in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen has often been labeled as politically unstable, its political integrity and authority plagued by tribal militias and factions.
Just as a Finnish couple and a Danish national are landing safely in their respective homeland after months spent in captivity in Yemen, officials reported this Monday that an aid worker for the International Committee of the Red Cross had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
Speaking on Democracy Now, Jeremy Scahill explains how Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born Islamic cleric turned from regular Joe to most wanted terrorist.
In September of last year the international community gathered at two events to discuss support for the economic reconstruction and political transition in Yemen. The end result of the donor conference in Riyadh and the ‘Friends of Yemen’ meeting in New York City was pledges totaling US$7.5 billion.
"I believe that inheritance and separation are two sides of the same coin as there is no place for them in Yemen’s future at all. Yemeni people won’t accept inheritance at all."
"The US is helping Yemen become more of a dictatorship rather than an institutional nation. By allowing the drone strikes and no one knowing about it, this way people cannot stand against it or approve it."
Yemen Post surveyed hundreds in the countrys six main provinces asking them to grade President Abdurabu Hadi’s first year in power. A slight step backwards was the result as Hadi’s grade was better six months ago.
While Yemen is undergoing drastic social, political and economic changes, Saudi Arabia, the region' super-power is ever increasingly looking nervously as its southern border, fearing that its unruly neighbor's crises might spill
Yemen must take further steps to reform its security forces, or longstanding divisions could well undermine its political transition, which entered into a six-month “national dialogue” on 18 March.
Track24, the leader in security tracking and risk management solutions, and Itex Solutions, a leading Yemeni ICT Company, will launch a web-based Employee Location Management System (ELMS) in Yemen this month to help organizations fulfill their “duty of care” responsibilities during incidents which might compromise staff safety.
Dr Abdul Hamid Suhaibi, General Director for Yemen National Program to Fight Aids established that so far 160 new cases of AIDS had been registered for 2013, a trend which is said to be worrying health officials.
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For Yemen Post The present situation in Yemen can be best described as "The Emperor has new Clothes and "the Rape of Yemen" and UN providing the cover.
Possible Turkey fallout and Iran advances are not necessarily related.
Lights that were suddenly switched on. Sweat and blended. A raindrop glistened. Their voices were full of green geometric terraces.
Today the Indian Ocean region has emerged as political, economic and strategic power base set to transform the face of global economy.