By Andrew Hammond SANAA | Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:14pm EDT (Reuters) – Yemen’s president offered dialogue to Islamist militants including al Qaeda on Wednesday, but said they must agree first to put down weapons and reject support from abroad. Tweet
By Andrew Hammond SANAA | Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:56pm BST (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Yemen says the government is fighting an effective war against al Qaeda militants but he is concerned about security lapses during an attack on the […]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:40 GMT * Artists paint activists in “The Walls Remember” project * Youth activists, political opponents among those missing * Govt asks families to come forward with cases from 2011 By Andrew Hammond SANAA, Sept 25 (Reuters) – […]
Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:27 GMT By Andrew Hammond SANAA, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Ousted Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is interfering in the Arabian Peninsula state’s transition process but Western countries are still reluctant to cut him off completely, a Yemeni […]
By Andrew Hammond SANAA | Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:56pm BST (Reuters) – Yemen will investigate alleged human rights violations that occurred during an uprising last year, officials said on Wednesday, possibly opening the way to prosecution of ousted President Ali Abdullah […]
By Andrew Hammond and Rania El Gamal DUBAI | Wed Sep 5, 2012 3:43pm BST (Reuters) – The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and its ideological affiliates in the Arab Spring uprisings has stoked fears among Gulf Arab governments that the United […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini civilian court on Tuesday upheld sentences of up to life in prison against leaders of last year’s pro-democracy uprising, a decision that could dim prospects for defusing unrest in the small Gulf Arab state. […]
By Martin Dokoupil and Andrew Hammond DUBAI, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Bahrain’s economic output fell in the second quarter of this year after moderate growth in the previous three months, data showed on Sunday, as political unrest continued to weigh on the […]
By Andrew Hammond and Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, Sept 2 | Sun Sep 2, 2012 4:09pm IST (Reuters) – Bahrain has criticised Iranian officials over a mistranslation of a speech by Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, which replaced the word “Syria” with “Bahrain” when […]
CAIRO | Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:43pm BST (Reuters) – A leading Bahraini opposition activist said she had been refused entry to Egypt at Cairo airport on Sunday, accusing Arab governments of continuing repressive security cooperation despite political change in the region. […]