Special to WorldTribune.com Yemen’s top Salafi cleric was kidnapped and killed hours after delivering a sermon railing against Al Qaida and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The body of Samahan Abdel-Aziz, also known as Sheikh Rawi, was found on Jan. 31 in the southern port city of Aden. The body showed signs of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com ABU DHABI — Is Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, in danger of falling to Iranian-backed Shi’ite rebels? The answer is yes. Yemen has now determined that Iran was supporting the Shi’ite rebel movement in its latest drive against the Sunni Arab government. Officials said the government and intelligence community concluded that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia is battling Iranian-backed Shi’ite fighters from Yemen. Saudi officials said security forces have been reinforced along segments of the 1,600 kilometer border with Yemen. The officials said fighters linked to the so-called Houthi movement were seeking to infiltrate the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom. “They are growing stronger […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia, in wake of its crisis with Qatar, has deemed the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. The Interior Ministry said the Brotherhood has been banned as a terrorist organization. On March 7, the ministry added the Brotherhood to a list that included the Iranian-backed Saudi Hizbullah, Al Qaida’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Yemen, in a move meant to promote reconciliation, has reinstated hundreds of military and police officers dismissed under the regime of then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemeni President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ordered the reinstatement of some 700 military and police officers dismissed by the Saleh regime after the civil […]