Tag: Yemen

Yemen’s opposition elected an umbrella council on Wednesday aiming to take over power from embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been in Riyadh...

A prominent opposition leader is the main suspect in the attempt to assassinate Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a member of the ruling party...

US officials have convinced Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, convalescing in Saudi Arabia from an assassination attempt, not to return to his country, the...

Two civilians were killed and three others injured overnight during clashes with police in a village of Yemen's southeastern Hadramawt province, witnesses and medics...

Yemeni war planes bombed a village in south Yemen on Monday, killing at least 13 people who a local official said were Islamist militants...

At least 15 suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in army air raids in and around the restive city of Zinjibar in southern Yemen, security...

Eleven people including top officers have been killed in fierce clashes between Yemen's army and militants in the country's restive south, military and local...

Three French aid workers who were kidnapped in southeastern Yemen are held by Al-Qaeda members who are seeking a $12 million ransom for their...

Yemen's opposition dismissed on Monday a government plan for talks aimed at easing unrest after months of mass protests demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh's...

A car bomb targeting a military facility killed seven people and wounded 18 others on Sunday in Aden, the main city in southern Yemen,...

A young woman and a girl were killed in Yemen during fighting between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his opponents on...

The United States provided logistical support to a Yemeni army unit that was besieged by suspected Al-Qaeda militants in the south, Yemen's deputy information...

A Yemeni Al-Qaeda leader and 10 soldiers have been killed in a south Yemen battle, a military source and medics said on Thursday, as...

Yemen's opposition is to form a coalition to unite its various strands ahead of the return of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is hospitalised...

Three suspected al Qaeda members were killed in overnight air strikes in the Al-Wadih area of the south Yemen province of Abyan, a security...

Saudi Arabia has helped damp down democracy movements sweeping the Arab world but is waiting now to see how events play out in places...

Yemeni warplanes bombed southern cities held by militants on Tuesday while a top general called in a television interview for foreign intervention to help...