Yémen : « Mon coeur saigne » | Mohammed Huwais
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Sanaa — Parfois, quand on photographie la guerre, on tombe sur une scène qui vous extrait du monde des hommes, une chose qui vous transporte dans une autre dimension, inhumaine. C’est ce qui m’est arrivé avec le massacre intervenu lors d’une cérémonie funéraire. Source : Making-of
#Nasrallah: #Israel on a path towards “suicide” in #Gaza
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, one showing a portrait of #Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah, shout slogans during a protest against the Israeli terror campaign in the Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014 in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais) Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, one showing a portrait of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah, shout slogans during a protest against the Israeli terror campaign in the Gaza Strip on July 18, 2014 in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday praised the Palestinian resistance defending Gaza from Israel’s ongoing assault on the besieged strip, saying that Israel was failing in its war and headed on a path of (...)
Post-revolution #Yemen: back to the golden age of radio
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A Yemeni graffiti artist paints on a wall in the capital Sanaa to campaign against corruption in Yemen on May 15, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Huwais) A Yemeni graffiti artist paints on a wall in the capital Sanaa to campaign against corruption in Yemen on May 15, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Huwais)
For 33 years, former Yemeni President #Ali_Abdullah_Saleh kept a tight grip on the media, imposing his own image and voice on the public, and prohibiting any other figure from reaching out to the people. He monopolized all media outlets by rejecting any law that would pave the way for establishing local or party affiliated TV channels and private radio stations.
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US #drone kills another three in #Yemen
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Yemeni soldiers stand guard in the capital Sanaa on April 20, 2014, as they check passing vehicles as authorities tightened security measures a day after a US drone killed at least 10 people. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais) Yemeni soldiers stand guard in the capital Sanaa on April 20, 2014, as they check passing vehicles as authorities tightened security measures a day after a US drone killed at least 10 people. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
Three more people suspects were killed Monday in a drone strike in southern Yemen, a local official said. The attack was the latest in an intensified air campaign that has killed more than 40 people suspected of ties to al-Qaeda, including 30 on Sunday alone. The United States is the (...)
Eight killed in firefight near Yemeni capital
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Tribesmen loyal to the Huthi movement hold their weapons as they gather in Haz, west of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on March 12, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
Six rebels and two soldiers were killed in a firefight near Sanaa on Thursday, as Huthis press on south towards the Yemeni capital, tribal and security sources said. Eight of the Huthi rebels, also known as Ansarullah (Partisans of God), were wounded in the clash in Qaratel, a mountainous area 20 kilometers northwest of Sanaa, the sources said. The firefight followed a rebel ambush, and came after days of bloody clashes between Ansarullah and tribesmen backing the influential party al-Islah in which at least 22 people have reportedly been killed since the weekend. read (...)
Gunmen attack on Yemeni army bus kills two, wounds dozen
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Yemeni civilians gather at the site of an attack targeting a military bus in Sanaa on February 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
Gunmen raked a military bus with gunfire in #Yemen's capital Sanaa moments before it was hit by a bomb, leaving two soldiers dead and 12 wounded, witnesses and an official said. The attack is the latest in a series of bombs and shootings targeting military personnel in Yemen, which is struggling to achieve a political transition that aims to turn the republic into a federation. The attack on the bus comes a day after rockets and explosions shook the capital, including one near the French embassy. read (...)
#UN envoy calls on Security Council to “do its part” in #Yemen
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Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, center, shows the book of the national dialogue at the end of a conference aimed at drafting a new constitution and establishing a federal state on January 25, 2014 in Sanaa. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
The United Nations’ envoy on Yemen urged the Security Council on Tuesday to “do its part” in helping stop those attempting to obstruct the Yemeni transition, which diplomats said was a call for possible sanctions against former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Meanwhile, reconciliation talks have outlined Yemen’s future as a federal state, but its leaders now face the challenge of implementing change in an impoverished country grappling with multiple revolts. read (...)
Qaeda claims #Yemen #hospital_attack a mistake, offers compensation
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A nurse checks a wounded Yemeni man as he lies in bed at a hospital in the Yemen capital Sanaa, the day after a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into the Yemeni defense ministry complex which included a hospital, on December 6, 2013. (AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
A deadly #al-Qaeda attack this month on a Yemeni defense ministry hospital was a mistake and the jihadist network is ready to pay blood money, a top jihadist commander has said. The brazen daylight attack on the defense ministry complex on December 5 left 56 people dead, including patients and foreign medics from the Philippines, Germany, Vietnam and India. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has already claimed responsibility for the attack and late Saturday its military chief said in an (...)
Yemenis demand US apologize for deadly #wedding strike
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A Yemeni boy (C) walks past a mural depicting a US #drone on December 13, 2013 in the capital Sanaa. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
Angry relatives of Yemeni civilians killed in a drone strike have demanded an apology and compensation, warning of tribal protests, an official said Saturday. The Supreme Security Committee alleged late Friday that an air strike that killed 17 people, mostly civilians, near Rada in the central province of Bayda, had targeted al-Qaeda. Tribal mediators headed for the capital on Saturday, a day after they succeeded in calming protesters who blocked the road between Rada and Sana during the funeral of 13 relatives said to be all civilians, the official said. read (...)
Suicide bombing, gunfight kill tens in Yemeni capital
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Yemenis look on as smoke rises from the site of a suicide car bombing at the defense ministry in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 5, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
At least 20 people were killed on Thursday in a car bomb and gun battle at the Yemeni defense ministry compound in the capital Sanaa, sources inside the complex said, in one of the most serious attacks in the past 18 months. The defense ministry said the attack targeted the ministry’s hospital and most of the gunmen had been killed or wounded. “The attackers have exploited some construction work there to carry out this criminal act ... the situation is under control,” the ministry said in a statement on its website. read (...)
Runaway Saudi urges Yemen to let her stay
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A Yemeni girl takes part in a gathering in support with Saudi young woman Huda al-Niran outside the courthouse during her trial on November 24, 2013 in the capital Sanaa. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
A young Saudi woman on Sunday urged a Yemeni court to let her stay and marry the man she says she loves, defying norms in both deeply conservative countries. Huda al-Niran, 22, defied her family and crossed the border illegally to be with her beloved. As she pleaded her case to be able to stay and marry Arafat Mohammed Tahar, 25, her supporters demonstrated outside the Sanaa courthouse, sporting headbands proclaiming “We are all Huda.” She not only went against the wishes of her family, who said she could not marry Tahar, but also dared to flee the country and (...)
Forbidden Love: Saudi Woman Flees to #Yemen, Seeks Asylum
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Two Yemeni boys hold placards which read in Arabic: “Don’t kill us with your silence” during a demonstration outside the house of the residence of the Yemeni president in Sanaa on November 23, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais) Two Yemeni boys hold placards which read in Arabic: “Don’t kill us with your silence” during a demonstration outside the house of the residence of the Yemeni president in Sanaa on November 23, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Mohammed Huwais)
Sanaa – #Saudi_Arabia dominates Yemen in politics, sports, the economy, and even in music. When a young Yemeni star emerges, Saudi princes shower him with money and Saudi nationality – a reality that began in the 20th century and continues today. (...)