Tag: Saleh
Power handover deal close: Yemeni vice president
Yemen’s vice president said late Saturday the government and the opposition were close to finalising a deal aimed at easing President Ali Abdullah Saleh...
UN envoy to make new push for Yemen power transfer
A UN envoy returned to Yemen on Thursday in a fresh bid to persuade Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power under a Gulf-brokered...
Five dead as clashes erupt in Yemeni capital
At least five people died in fierce clashes that erupted in the Yemeni capital between troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and rival...
‘It’s your turn next,’ Yemen protesters tell Saleh
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the Yemeni capital on Friday to demand the resignation of veteran President Ali Abdullah...
Yemen opposition says Saleh guarantee request a sham
The Yemeni opposition called on the United Nations on Thursday to force President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down unconditionally, rejecting his request for...
6 killed in Yemen unrest
Six people, including a family of five, were killed in Yemen despite a relative calm after deadly clashes between supporters and foes of President...
Saleh forces, tribesmen, clash in Yemen capital
Fresh fighting erupted during the night between government troops and gunmen loyal to opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar in Sanaa's northern Al-Hasaba district,...
Yemen demands UN take Saleh to criminal court
The Yemeni youth movement behind the months-long uprising against Ali Abdullah Saleh has called for the embattled president to face trial in the International...
Saleh will only quit if rivals not in power
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in an interview published on Friday that he will only step down if key rivals do not assume...
Dozens more killed in Yemen after Saleh peace vow
Dozens of people were killed during clashes in the Yemeni capital Saturday, a day after President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned following three months away...
Saleh returns to Yemen, calls for ceasefire
President Ali Abdullah Saleh unexpectedly returned to Yemen on Friday after three months in Saudi Arabia, calling for a ceasefire between his supporters and...
Saleh returns from Saudi as battles rage
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned to Sanaa on Friday after more than three months of medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, even as his...
Yemen’s Saleh authorises power transfer talks
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has authorised his deputy to negotiate a transfer of power with the opposition to put an end to a...
Yemen ruling party wants Saleh to allow power-transfer talks
A delegation from Yemen’s ruling party headed Thursday to Riyadh to seek permission from convalescing President Ali Abdullah Saleh for his deputy to negotiate...
Yemen PM to return from Riyadh after attack on Saleh
Yemen's prime minister will return home later on Tuesday from Saudi Arabia, where he has been recovering from injuries suffered in a June assassination...
US convinces Saleh not to return to Yemen
US officials have convinced Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, convalescing in Saudi Arabia from an assassination attempt, not to return to his country, the...
Faisal Saleh vows to recover money embezzled from his ministry
Minister for Housing and Works Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat on Wednesday vowed to recover the money embezzled by “corrupt incumbent and former officials” of...