Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 8/2/2004
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of August 2, 2004
- Yemeni army mops up Marran, number of killing tolls 500, Sanaa vows to end al-Houthi rebellion today
The Yemeni forces announced yesterday it controlled various areas in Marran mountains in Saadah province to the north west of Yemen during violent clashes with the supporters of the Shiite Zeidi clergy Hussein Bader Eddine al-Houthi that resulted in killing more than 500 persons, and vowed to end al-Houthi rebellion within the few coming hours. Yemen, Politics, 8/7/2004 - Yemeni forces tighten al-Houthi positions. his fate is unknown
Yemeni sources announced yesterday that the government forces tightened control over the mountainious positions of the Yemeni Shiite Zeidi scholar Hussein Bader Eddine al-Houthi who had been hiding with his supporters for more than 6 weeks. Yemen, Politics, 8/6/2004 - Clashes beween Yemeni forces and al-Houthi supporters renewed
Tribal sources said that armed clashes renewed between the Yemeni security forces and supporters of Hussein Bader al-Houthi who leads an armed rebellion in a mounanious area to the north of the country. Yemen, Politics, 8/5/2004 - Yemen: postponing the trial of persons convicted in Limburg explosion
A trial session of persons accused in blowing up the French oil tanker "Limburg" was stopped on saturday after the defendant commission of the convicted had withdrawan in protest of the fact that it was not able of photocoy the files pertinent to the case. Yemen, Politics, 8/2/2004