Almasdar reveals for the first time the opaque, internal organizational structures of the Houthis. Based on dozens of interviews and review of hundreds of documents, the investigation provides the structure of the most dangerous armed group in the region.
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In a new investigation, Almasdar Online reveals exclusive details on Iran’s smuggling network in Yemen to help build the Houthis military capability with advanced weapons and technology.
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With great regret, Almasdar Online English has been forced to suspend news operations as of today, June 15, due to a disruption of the organization’s financial plan. https://t.co/e2cealovr9
Due to our commitment to remain independent and maintain full editorial control over the content we provide our valued readership, we have decided to suspend our news operations until such time as we secure funding with no conditions attached.
In this environment, Almasdar Online English’s dedication to exposing abuses of power, holding power brokers to account, giving voice to regular Yemenis and making sense of the dizzying complexities of the ongoing civil war and humanitarian crisis is more important than ever.
Conflict parties have also regularly targeted journalists and media institutions. Through intimidation tactics and disinformation campaigns, they have sought to sow fear and distrust in the media, which regional states have further exploited to advance their own agendas in Yemen.
Running a lingerie design business in the midst of war is tough enough. Doing so as a woman in a conservative society, even more so. Almasdar Online speaks to Sala about the difficulties – and absurdities – she has encountered along the way
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More than five months ago, the Houthis started imposing the 20 percent levy – at times, more – on the owners of sand and gravel crushers, water companies and even chicken farms in areas under their control. https://t.co/gFcAgqQGXv
Launched by the Hadramout Health Organization, the initiative connects specialists and consultants from different medical specialities to patients free of charge through social media apps like WhatsApp. https://t.co/3dfdROZOJx
The ambush, which killed the brother of Shabwa’s special forces commander Brig. Gen. Abdrabbuh La’kab, came hours after tribal mediation with the head of the governorate’s security committee and Gov. Mohammed Bin Adyo defused a similar situation. https://t.co/OamlmOKeqT
The president of Aden University's faculty union listed the deaths in a mass obituary without specifying how they died. They join dozens of politicians, doctors, academics and judges have died in Aden over the past two months. https://t.co/Q9Z2pSTKpy
Government-controlled areas of Yemen have only 3,000 PCR kits to collect samples of suspected coronavirus cases and six devices to test the samples, Minister of Public Health and Population Dr. Nasser Ba'oum said. https://t.co/rnccbZkU8Q
STC forces launched artillery shells on government forces positioned in the areas of Al-Derjaj, Sarar and Al-Tariyah, north of Abyan’s capital of Zinjibar. Government forces responded by shelling STC positions in Jabal Khanfar on the outskirts of Ja’ar.
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Yemen’s coronavirus-related death rate of nearly 25 percent eclipses the world’s next-highest rates in Belgium (16.2 percent), France (15.3 percent) and Italy (14.5 percent).
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