Tag: Yemen
South Yemen tribal head seeks talks with militants
A powerful tribal leader in southern Yemen has called for talks between the army and suspected Islamist militants who have seized control of a...
Bin Laden’s widow may soon return to Yemen
The youngest widow of slain al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden could return home to Yemen from Pakistan within days, a security official confirmed...
100 Yemen troops killed in battle for Zinjibar
Battles raged Tuesday between Yemen’s army and suspected Al-Qaeda militants for control of the southern city of Zinjibar, a military official said, as the...
Yemen crisis puts Saudis in powerbroker’s bind
Fearing both civil war and sweeping political reform as results of the crisis in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is struggling with its role as regional...
President Saleh will not return to Yemen: Saudi
Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, being treated for shrapnel wounds in Riyadh, will not return home, a top Saudi official told AFP on...
Yemen warns Qatar over dissident funding
Yemen said Wednesday it intercepted financial transfers made through Qatar to fund dissidents, warning the energy rich Gulf state to stop supporting divisions in...
Yemen’s opposition in talks with VP over transition
Yemen’s political opposition held talks with the country’s acting leader on Monday in a bid to defuse months of violent political deadlock over the...
Saleh to address the nation ‘very soon’
Yemen's wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh, recovering in a Riyadh hospital from a bomb blast, is to address his people "very soon", the defence...
Four al Qaeda suspects, 3 Yemeni troops killed
A Yemeni colonel, two soldiers and four suspected al-Qaeda militants were killed in clashes in the flashpoint southern city of Zinjibar on Sunday, a...
Yemen transition talks halt, government snubs opposition
Further talks to resolve Yemen's political crisis have failed after the deputy to wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to speak with groups demanding...
Thirty killed in south Yemen amid Saleh power vacuum
Yemen said its army killed 21 al Qaeda members on Saturday in a southern province where the main city has been seized by militants...
21 Qaeda suspects, 10 troops killed in south Yemen
Ten Yemeni soldiers and 21 suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in clashes in south Yemen on Saturday, the defence ministry said on its news...
Saleh begins rehabilitation exercise in Saudi hospital: report
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who were recovering from wounds he sustained in an attack on his palace last week, began rehabilitation exercise in...
Yemen protesters hold rival rallies
Pro- and anti-regime activists held rallies on Friday as loyalists celebrated news that Yemen’s president was out of intensive care in Riyadh after treatment...
Yemen army kills two pro-protest gunmen in Taez
Yemeni troops killed two pro-protest gunmen and wounded two others Thursday in an ambush near Taez targeting militiamen deployed to protect anti-regime demonstrators, witnesses...
Yemen’s Saleh out of intensive care: state media
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is out of intensive care after "successful" surgery in Riyadh, where he is being treated for bomb blast wounds,...
US ups Yemen airstrikes with drones, fighter jets
The United States has stepped up its attacks on militant suspects in Yemen with armed drones and fighter jets, according to a US media...
