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      Ali Mahmood

      Ali Mahmood

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      Ali Mahmood is a journalist based in Aden, he has been covering the war in Yemen for The National since 2017. He's reported from the frontlines in Yemen, in addition to covering economics, climate change, health and other areas. He has written for The Daily Telegraph, Fair Observer, Jeune Afrique and South 24 Centre. Ali survived the December 2020 attack that targeted Aden airport, he was covering the arrival of Yemen's power-sharing government.

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      A plane on the tarmac at Aden International Airport, where a severe storm hit on Monday. AFP
      Six injured as storm strikes Aden airport in Yemen

      Footage shared on social media shows glass falling on women and children

      GulfJuly 24, 2023
      Armed Houthi fighters in Sanaa, Yemen. The Iran-backed group sentence six civilians to death last week on politicised charges. AP
      Five Yemeni YouTubers abducted by Houthis, minister says

      Social media influencers taken for posting videos criticising Iran-backed group

      GulfJanuary 09, 2023
      Fighters affiliated with Yemen's Southern Transitional Council in June at the site of a reported explosion in the Khormaksar area of the southern city of Aden. AFP
      Militants kill 21 Yemeni government troops in southern assault

      Positions held by the Security Belt group in Abyan province attacked

      GulfSeptember 06, 2022
      Yemeni pro-government security forces man a checkpoint in Ataq, the capital of the province of Shabwa, on January 20, 2022. AFP
      Yemen's Shabwa governor cracks down on rebellious troops

      Operation against Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group Al Islah began on Wednesday

      GulfAugust 10, 2022
      Houthi supporters rally in Sanaa. An explosion near the capital on Monday was said to be caused by a failed Houthi missile launch. Reuters
      Yemen: troops clash with group linked to Muslim Brotherhood

      Dozens reported killed and injured in confrontation between Shabwa Defence Forces and forces loyal to Al Islah-linked military leader

      GulfAugust 08, 2022
      Yemen's councillor Sayyid Abubakr bin Shaikh Alkaff kneels before Queen Elizabeth II to be knighted during her visit to Aden. AFP
      Platinum Jubilee: Yemen remembers Queen Elizabeth's visit and a lost era of hope

      Yemenis remember the British royal couple's visit to Aden in 1954

      GulfJune 02, 2022
      Yemen's President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi has formed a presidential leadership council to be led by Rashad Al Alimi. EPA
      Camera5
      Yemen president transfers power to presidential council

      Consultations concluded in Riyadh with participation of large Yemeni parties and representatives

      GulfApril 07, 2022
      Yemenis attend a soccer match at a school yard after a two-month truce began in Yemen during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Sana'a. EPA / Yahya Arhab
      UN truce brings improvement in Yemen humanitarian situation

      Fuel ships arrive in Hodeidah and road linking Marib and Sanaa reopens for first time in years

      GulfApril 05, 2022
      Yemenis displaced by civil war collect food aid and supplies in Hays district of Hodeidah province. AFP
      Yemenis welcome ceasefire with cautious optimism

      Warring parties have agreed two-month truce beginning on first day of Ramadan

      GulfApril 02, 2022
      A Yemeni health worker marks a child's finger after administering the polio vaccine as part of an immunisation campaign in Yemen's third city of Taez, on February 19. AFP
      Camera8
      Yemen’s polio vaccination campaign aims to inoculate 2.4 million children

      The nation was declared polio-free in 2006 but the disease reappeared in 2019, with an outbreak declared in 2020

      MENAFebruary 20, 2022
      Tawseel Food delivery company in Sana'a. Photo: Tawseel
      Camera5
      Meet Yemen’s horseback takeaway riders

      The civil war has forced companies to use alternative ways of delivery

      GulfFebruary 07, 2022
      Pro-government fighters battling Houthi rebels, pictured at the border between Yemen's Hajjah province and Saudi Arabia, near the Red Sea port of Midi. AFP
      Yemeni forces lay siege to rebel-occupied city in Hajjah province

      Haradh was surrounded after a military base was recaptured from the Houthi rebels on Friday

      MENAFebruary 05, 2022
      Government-aligned forces arrive in the liberated Yemeni province of Shabwa. AFP
      Plan to boost local forces after liberating Yemeni territory from Houthis

      The oil-rich Shabwa province is freed from rebel control

      GulfJanuary 30, 2022
      A still from AFPTV footage shows pro-government fighters in Shabwa province, Yemen, on January 10, 2022. Three districts there were liberated from Houthi control. AFP
      Life slowly returning to normal in southern Yemen districts freed of Houthi rebels

      Residents of liberated areas in Shabwa report resumption of normal trade, farming, schooling and prayers

      GulfJanuary 15, 2022
      Brigadier General Turki Al Maliki has visited Shabwa after its liberation by southern forces. EPA
      Saudi coalition begins military push to liberate northern Yemen

      Announcement comes a day after southern forces declared the oil-rich province of Shabwa free from the Houthis

      GulfJanuary 12, 2022
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