Tag: Yemen

Suspected US drone kills 3 Qaeda members in Yemen

Three Al-Qaeda operatives were killed and six others were wounded on Thursday in a suspected US drone strike on a Yemeni village in the...

Yemen calls ceasefire after 5 civilians killed

The Yemeni government and a dissident general signed a ceasefire on Tuesday, hours after five civilians including a child were killed in crossfire between...

Death toll from Yemen violence rises to 20

The death toll from fierce clashes and shelling that erupted in the wake of a UN call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step...

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...

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...

Yemenis await UN action, as six killed by govt forces

Security forces fired on protesters in Yemen on Sunday, killing at least six people, hospital officials said, as Yemenis waited for international action to...

Ten killed in Yemeni tribal clashes

Ten gunmen from the Hashid tribe that has sided with protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh were killed Saturday in clashes with tribes loyal...

‘US’ air strikes take out top Yemen Qaeda leaders

Suspected US air strikes took out a raft of top Al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen barely two weeks after a drone killed US-born jihadist cleric...

United Nations move on Yemen likely to fall short

A proposed UN resolution on Yemen calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to resign that fails to threaten sanctions is unlikely to stem the...

Yemeni protesters urge UN to resolve crisis

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in the Yemeni capital on Monday, calling on the United Nations to resolve the country's political crisis and...

Pakistan contacts Yemen, Saudia to repatriate OBL’s wives

After clearance by the Abbottabad enquiry commission that al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s wives can leave the country, Pakistan has established contacts with...

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,...

‘Qaeda’ gunmen kill four Yemen soldiers

Gunmen linked to Al-Qaeda on Monday killed four soldiers in southern Yemen, a medic said, a day after at least 25 troops died in...

Al-Qaeda in Yemen remains serious threat

Al-Qaeda in Yemen remains a serious threat to the United States despite the death of Anwar al-Awlaqi, a prominent jihadist leader accused of planning...

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...

Yemeni teen dies after al Qaeda cuts off his hand

A 15-year-old boy died in Yemen overnight after Al-Qaeda militants severed his right hand as punishment for allegedly stealing electric cables, a medic said. Maher...