Tag: Yemen

Yemen’s opposition blamed President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday for the failure of a Gulf plan aimed at ending a bloody political dispute, saying...

An aide to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Yemen’s political rivals have agreed to sign on Wednesday a Gulf-brokered plan to end bloody...

A Gulf mediator was to meet President Ali Abdullah Saleh Sunday in a new bid to resolve Yemen's political crisis despite scepticism from the...

Suspected Al-Qaeda rebels ambushed an army vehicle and killed five soldiers near the Yemeni town of Marib, east of the capital Sanaa, on Friday,...

Yemeni security forces killed two protesters and wounded dozens on Wednesday as mass rallies demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh paralysed two...

Yemeni security forces fired tear gas and live rounds on Monday to break up a demonstration in Taez, south of the capital, killing three...

Youth groups leading protests to oust Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Gulf Arab states on Saturday to withdraw a plan which has...

US-Yemeni cleric and terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaqi narrowly escaped a US drone attack three days after American commandos killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin...

US-Yemeni cleric and terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaqi escaped unhurt from a US drone attack which killed two local Al-Qaeda members in the restive south...

A leader of Al Qaeda's branch in restive southern Yemen on Wednesday vowed revenge for the US killing of the worldwide network's founder Osama...

Yemen’s veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he supports “peaceful” and “constitutional” change as five more people were killed on Wednesday with no let...

At least another six people were shot and wounded in Yemen on Tuesday as troops moved to quell demonstrations demanding the immediate ouster of...

Yemen’s government and opposition will sign in Riyadh on Wednesday an agreement brokered by Gulf states to end three months of deadly unrest, officials...

Yemen's security forces and loyalists of embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh shot dead two protesters in separate demonstrations on Monday, medics and witnesses told...

SANAA - Tension simmered in Yemen on Monday after a fruitless meeting with Gulf mediators and late night demonstrations turned violent in Sanaa. The streets of Sanaa appeared quiet on Monday following overnight clashes with security forces, an AFP correspondent reported.
Late on Sunday, hundreds of thousands of men and women protested against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's call for an end to men and women demonstrating together against the regime, and called for his ouster.

SANAA - Tension simmered in Yemen on Monday after a fruitless meeting with Gulf mediators and late night demonstrations turned violent in Sanaa.
The streets of Sanaa appeared quiet on Monday following overnight clashes with security forces, an AFP correspondent reported.
Late on Sunday, hundreds of thousands of men and women protested against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's call for an end to men and women demonstrating together against the regime, and called for his

SANAA - Massive protests took place across Yemen on Sunday demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, as the opposition joined a Gulf Arab meeting in Riyadh on a plan for the leader's departure.
Security forces deployed heavily in Sanaa where hundreds of thousands of men and women took to the streets in protest against Saleh's call for an end to men and women joining together in anti-regime protests, and calling for his ouster.
Protesters also took to the streets