Ali Mahmood

Ali Mahmood

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

July 24, 2023, 10:52 AM
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

January 09, 2023, 3:20 PM
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

September 06, 2022, 2:14 PM
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

August 10, 2022, 2:16 PM
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

August 08, 2022, 5:51 PM
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

June 02, 2022, 3:15 PM
Yemen's President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi has formed a presidential leadership council to be led by Rashad Al Alimi. EPA
Yemen president transfers power to presidential council

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

April 07, 2022, 3:21 AM
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

April 05, 2022, 12:01 AM
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

April 02, 2022, 8:59 AM
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
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

February 20, 2022, 12:38 PM
Tawseel Food delivery company in Sana'a. Photo: Tawseel
Meet Yemen’s horseback takeaway riders

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

February 07, 2022, 6:47 AM
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

February 05, 2022, 1:32 PM
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

January 30, 2022, 9:05 AM
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

January 15, 2022, 12:45 PM
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

January 12, 2022, 8:11 AM