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ue-UN mediator Kofi Annan on June 7. The venue, tiring, and participants are currently under discussion. Trends in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tuni=ia, and Yemen: • On June 10, opposition groups i= Iraq lacked the necessary 163 votes to pass a no confidence motion=to oust Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after
major cities inc=uding Tunis. • In Yemen, the army =uccessfully ousted the Ansar Sharia fighters (an Al Qaeda affiliated group= from the cities of Zinjibar and Ja'ar in the Abyan province that ha= been under Al Qaeda control si=ce May 2011. The army is now pursuing al-Qaeda terrorists in other =arts of
ue-UN mediator Kofi Annan on June 7. The venue, timing, and participants are currently under discussion. Trends in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Yemen: • On June 10, opposition groups in Iraq lacked the necessary 163 votes to pass a no confidence motion to oust Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after
major cities including Tunis. • In Yemen, the army successfully ousted the Ansar Sharia fighters (an Al Qaeda affiliated group) from the cities of Zinjibar and Ja'ar in the Abyan province that had been under Al Qaeda control since May 2011. The army is now pursuing al-Qaeda terrorists in other parts of
Middle East Update - May 25-31, 2011
ngle them out for arrest. After dark, protesters can disperse to unlit alleyways to escape arrest—a tactic Syrian activists call "tayyara" or flying. Yemen The authority of President Saleh's government continues to erode rapidly and Yemen appears to be edging closer towards a civil war. Tribal fighters i
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031329 →President Obama, called President Saleh to brief paran, Louise him sign the out a ament. The sudden withdrawal of government forces from the city of Zinjibar, in the Abyan province, made it possible for al-Qaida fighters to occupy the city and to take over government offices. Military commanders who defect
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031330 →Entities connected to both Yemen and Zinjibar

Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
al-Qaeda
ORGANIZATION
European Parliament
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Saudi Arabia
LOCATIONthe West Bank
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Tripoli
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Vienna
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Geneva
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Tunis
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Ben Ali
PERSON
Kofi Annan
PERSON
Teheran
LOCATIONMisrata
PERSONthe Security Council
ORGANIZATION
Nuri al-Maliki
PERSONHoula
PERSONAli Abdullah Saleh's
PERSON