AL-MUKALLA: Unidentified gunmen assassinated a tribal chief in Houthi-held Sanaa on Sunday evening, in what appears to be the latest in a series of drive-by shootings and assaults. Nasser Abdullah Tamah Al-Kumaim, a tribal leader and businessman from the province of Thamar, was reportedly gunned down outside his home by attackers who fled the scene, according to local media
AL-MUKALLA: Yemenis will remember 2022 as the year that saw the longest halt in hostilities since the beginning of the war, and the emergence of a new governing body that united the country’s competing groups. UN Yemen envoy Hans Grundberg said on April 1 that the internationally recognized government of Yemen and the Iran-backed Houthis had agreed to a two-month ceasefire
AL-MUKALLA: A former Yemeni ambassador and retired military commander has been shot dead by a gunman at his residence in Houthi-held Sanaa. Maj. Gen. Dirham Noman was killed instantly after the armed man broke into his home on Sunday and opened fire, before fleeing the scene. Noman was a former ambassador to Ethiopia and governor of many Yemeni regions. As a military leader he
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AL-MUKALLA: Courts in Houthi-held Sanaa were paralyzed on Saturday as Yemen’s judges went on strike in an attempt to force the Iran-backed militia to charge those involved in the killing of a senior judge last week, residents said. Khaled Al-Kamal, a Sanaa-based lawyer who visited three courts on Saturday, told Arab News that they were empty as judges and administrative