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26 Mar 2015

Has Iran Overreached Itself in Yemen

Saudi Arabia has a long history of military intervention -- most of it harmful -- in what it considers its backyard, but the region had grown so used to Saudi Arabia's role as a player of proxy wars in Syria and Iraq that anything as decisive as direct military force seemed to hail from a bygone era. This time, the Houthis and Iran badly miscalculated. Riyadh's hand was forced for three reasons.
Saudi Arabia has a long history of military intervention -- most of it harmful -- in what it considers its backyard, but...
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20 Oct 2015

Brutal Bombing of Yemen risks Destroying its Cultural Heritage along with Civilian Lives

Parties to Yemen's armed conflict should take all necessary measures to protect Sanaa's Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. International humanitarian law provides special protections to buildings and other structures that are part of humanity's cultural heritage. "Beyond the loss of civilian lives, it would be a terrible additional loss to humanity if Sanaa's Old City, inhabited for 2,500 years, became a battlefield," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director. "Both Houthi and coalition forces need to abide by international legal protections and keep the Old City out of any future fighting."
Parties to Yemen's armed conflict should take all necessary measures to protect Sanaa's Old City, a UNESCO World...
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5 Dec 2012

Yemen accuses Iran of sponsoring Shiite Rebels

A senior government official in Yemen has accused Iran of recruiting more than a thousand Yemeni youths and sending them to Lebanon and Syria to receive military training from Hezbollah, according to report on Monday by Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah.
A senior government official in Yemen has accused Iran of recruiting more than a thousand Yemeni youths and sending them...
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18 Jul 2011

Al Qaeda aiding Somalia militants, U.S. says

Al Qaeda's powerful branch in Yemen has provided weapons, fighters and training with explosives over the last year to a militant Islamic group battling for power in Somalia, according to newly developed American intelligence, raising concerns of a widening alliance of terrorist groups.
Al Qaeda's powerful branch in Yemen has provided weapons, fighters and training with explosives over the last year to a...
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4 Mar 2012

Yemen militants kill at least 35 government soldiers

Militants intensified their attacks against U.S.-backed Yemeni military forces on Sunday, killing at least 35 government soldiers in a lawless southern region that has become a battleground of suicide bombers, heavy weapons, assassinations and kidnappings.
Militants intensified their attacks against U.S.-backed Yemeni military forces on Sunday, killing at least 35 government...
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4 Jan 2012

Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh relies on his political wits

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is as relentless as he is cunning, promising to step aside yet remaining very much in power even after nearly a year of deadly rebellion has edged his impoverished nation to the brink of implosion. Bearing the scars from an assassination attempt last year, Saleh, who has transferred duties to his vice president, still holds an uncanny sway over the country he has ruled for 33 years. He has been maneuvering for his son and nephews to retain control of Yemen's military and security agencies, and last week he startled many by canceling a trip to the U.S. for medical treatment.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is as relentless as he is cunning, promising to step aside yet remaining very much...
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3 Apr 2015

The Pentagon plan to ‘divide and rule’ the Muslim world

As Iran-backed Houthi forces have pressed into Aden, clashing with Yemeni troops loyal to exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, the US has provided live video feeds from US surveillance drones to aid with Saudi targeting. The Pentagon is set to expand military aid to the open-ended operation, supplying more intelligence, bombs and aerial refuelling missions. Yet growing evidence suggests that the US itself, through its Gulf allies, gave the northern Houthis a green light for their offensive last September.
As Iran-backed Houthi forces have pressed into Aden, clashing with Yemeni troops loyal to exiled President Abd Rabbuh...
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4 Jun 2011

Feud within key Yemen tribe could tear nation apart

The unrest shaking Yemen began months ago as part of the idealistic movement for democracy and political reform sweeping the Middle East. It is now a battle of money, power and egos within a single powerful clan that threatens to tear the country apart.
The unrest shaking Yemen began months ago as part of the idealistic movement for democracy and political reform sweeping...
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24 Jun 2015

Saudi Intervention Only Fans Yemen’s Flames

For nearly three months, Saudi Arabia, along with its allies, has been bombing Yemen, its southern neighbor, hoping to force the retreat of Shiite rebels who have seized major cities and to return the country's president from the Saudi guest mansion where he lives to the presidential palace. So far, it has not worked.
For nearly three months, Saudi Arabia, along with its allies, has been bombing Yemen, its southern neighbor, hoping to...
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3 May 2015

Saudi-Led Group Said to Use Cluster Bombs in Yemen

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting a rebel group in Yemen has in the past few weeks used cluster munitions supplied by the United States, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Sunday. The report said video, photographs and other evidence showed that the coalition had used cluster bombs near villages in Yemen s northern Saada Province. The group, which said it had found evidence that the weapons had been deployed on at least two separate occasions, has not been able to establish whether any casualties had resulted from their use, according to the report.
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting a rebel group in Yemen has in the past few weeks used cluster munitions...
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22 Apr 2015

Saudis Announce Halt to Yemen Bombing Campaign

Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that it was halting a nearly month-old bombing campaign against a rebel group in neighboring Yemen that has touched off a devastating humanitarian crisis and threatened to ignite a broader regional conflict. The announcement followed what American officials said was pressure applied by the Obama administration for the Saudis and other Sunni Arab nations to end the airstrikes.
Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that it was halting a nearly month-old bombing campaign against a rebel group in neighboring...
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21 Apr 2015

Warning Iran, U.S. Sends Two More Ships to Yemen

The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and a guided missile cruiser were headed to the waters off Yemen on Monday to join 10 other American warships as a warning to Iran about its shipments of weapons to rebels there, American officials said. The Obama administration cast the deployment primarily as a show of force, but acknowledged that the flotilla could be used to interdict any supplies of Iranian arms to the Houthi rebels. The warships are also meant to reassure Saudi Arabia, an American ally that has been carrying out a bombing campaign against the rebels in Yemen.
The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and a guided missile cruiser were headed to the waters off Yemen on Monday to...
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31 Mar 2015

Saudi Arabia’s Ominous Reach Into Yemen

The Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen threatens to turn what has been a civil war between competing branches of Islam into a wider regional struggle involving Iran. It could also destroy any hope of stability in Yemen. Even before the Saudis and their Arab allies started the bombing, Yemen was in severe distress; on Tuesday, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights warned that it is now on the brink of collapse.
The Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen threatens to turn what has been a civil war between competing branches of...
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11 May 2014

2 Yemenis Shot by Americans Are Linked to Al Qaeda Cell

The Obama administration's counterterrorism strategy in Yemen aims to help President Hadi overhaul his nation s military to combat the Qaeda franchise in its strongholds in large parts of the country s south. And it calls for the United States and Yemen to work together to kill or capture about two dozen of Al Qaeda s most dangerous operatives, who are focused on attacking America and its interests.
The Obama administration's counterterrorism strategy in Yemen aims to help President Hadi overhaul his nation s military...
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18 Oct 2012

Qaeda Branch Leader Said to Be Among Dead in Yemen Drone Strike

A drone aircraft fired into a group of people preparing to attack Yemeni troops on Thursday, killing a man identified as a leader of the local branch of Al Qaeda and at least eight other potential attackers, according to Yemeni and security officials, who said the drone was American-operated.
A drone aircraft fired into a group of people preparing to attack Yemeni troops on Thursday, killing a man identified as...
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21 May 2012

Attacks in Yemen Raise Concerns About Qaeda Affiliate

Yemen was rocked by its worst terrorist bombing in years on Monday when a suicide attacker disguised as a Yemeni soldier blew himself up in the midst of a military parade rehearsal near the presidential palace in Sana, the capital. The Yemen Defense Ministry said more than 90 people were killed and hundreds wounded.
Yemen was rocked by its worst terrorist bombing in years on Monday when a suicide attacker disguised as a Yemeni soldier...
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7 May 2012

Qaeda Attack Kills 20 Yemeni Soldiers

Al-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base in the south, killing 20 soldiers and capturing 25 just hours after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior figure in the terror network wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.
Al-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base in the south, killing 20 soldiers and capturing...
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21 Feb 2012

Saleh Cedes Authority in Yemen, but Hopes to Retain Influence

A day before a national vote that will signify the formal end of his presidency, Ali Abdullah Saleh signaled his hope to be an anomaly in the Arab Spring: a toppled autocrat who can preserve some degree of influence in his nation s governance
A day before a national vote that will signify the formal end of his presidency, Ali Abdullah Saleh signaled his hope to...
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29 Jan 2012

Yemeni Leader Arrives in U.S. for Medical Treatment

President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who left Yemen last week to seek medical treatment in the United States for injuries sustained when the presidential palace was bombed in June, arrived in the country Saturday night, Yemeni officials said.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who left Yemen last week to seek medical treatment in the United States for injuries...
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27 Dec 2011

Path Cleared for Saleh of Yemen to Get Care in U.S.

The Obama administration has decided in principle to allow the embattled president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to enter the United States for medical treatment, subject to certain assurances, two administration officials said Monday.
The Obama administration has decided in principle to allow the embattled president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to...
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24 Dec 2011

Yemen’s Saleh Says to Go to U.S., Let Government Function

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would go to the United States in order to allow an interim government to prepare for an election to replace him, but did not specify when he would leave. Saleh, speaking to reporters after forces loyal to him fired at protesters demanding he face trial for killing demonstrators over 11 months of protests, said he had no designs on staying in power.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would go to the United States in order to allow an interim...
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28 Nov 2011

Yemen’s President Orders Amnesty Despite Ceded Power

Ignoring calls by his opponents to stop announcing decisions that affect the country, President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared a general amnesty on Sunday for people who had committed "follies" during the uprising and political crisis that began in Yemen 10 months ago.
Ignoring calls by his opponents to stop announcing decisions that affect the country, President Ali Abdullah Saleh...
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24 Nov 2011

5 Protesters Die In New Violence in Yemen

Protesters fought with adversaries anew on Thursday and five people were reported killed, despite an agreement signed a day earlier by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, immediately transferring power to his vice president and raising hopes for an end to a political crisis that brought this impoverished nation to the brink of collapse.
Protesters fought with adversaries anew on Thursday and five people were reported killed, despite an agreement signed a...
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15 Oct 2011

Yemeni Security Forces Fire on Protesters

Airstrikes, believed to be carried out by American drones, killed at least nine people in southern Yemen, including a senior official of the regional branch of Al Qaeda and an American, the 17-year-old son of a Qaeda official killed by the United States last month, according to the government and local reports on Saturday.
Airstrikes, believed to be carried out by American drones, killed at least nine people in southern Yemen, including a...
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19 Sep 2011

Fighting Erupts for Second Day in Yemeni Capital

Violence convulsed the streets of Yemen s capital for a second day on Monday as government security forces battled soldiers who have joined antigovernment protesters. It was the worst violence since March in Yemen, the Arab world's most impoverished country and a haven for Islamic militants.
Violence convulsed the streets of Yemen s capital for a second day on Monday as government security forces battled...
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2 Jul 2011

Ali Abdullah Saleh Unlikely to Return Soon, Says Official

A senior Yemeni official who was briefed on the health of President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that the president s injuries will leave him unfit to perform his duties for months, throwing a new degree of uncertainty into a political standoff that has trapped this impoverished desert nation.
A senior Yemeni official who was briefed on the health of President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that the president s...
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21 Jun 2011

Despite Protests, Yemen’s Leader Has His Fervent Followers

Out of the ancient, ornate mud brick buildings and across the narrow alleyways where barefoot children play, a chant emerges frequently in the old walled city here in the capital. Seemingly at random, someone will raise his voice to announce: 'The people want Ali Abdullah Saleh!'
Out of the ancient, ornate mud brick buildings and across the narrow alleyways where barefoot children play, a chant...
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16 Jun 2011

Crumbling Walls Among Clans and Tribes Forge New Yemen Unity

After more than four months of insurrection, this tormented country may seem to be more divided than ever, with rival rallies still seizing the capital every week and fierce gun battles raging in the north and south.
After more than four months of insurrection, this tormented country may seem to be more divided than ever, with rival...
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7 Jun 2011

Yemeni Leader Was Severely Burned in Attack

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen suffered injuries far more extensive than previously known in an attack on his presidential palace last week, with burns over 40 percent of his body, Yemeni officials and Western diplomats said Tuesday.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen suffered injuries far more extensive than previously known in an attack on his...
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3 Jun 2011

Yemeni Leader, Saleh, Said to Be Wounded in Palace Attack

emen s embattled leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was lightly injured Friday in an opposition attack on the presidential palace, his spokesman said. The attack inched the country ever closer to civil war after months of political turmoil.
emen s embattled leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was lightly injured Friday in an opposition attack on the presidential...
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1 Jun 2011

Yemen Forces Battle Tribal Rivals for Key Sites in Capital

Yemen appeared to tip closer to all out civil war on Wednesday as government troops and opposition tribesmen battled to control key positions in the capital and foreign diplomats boarded planes to flee.
Yemen appeared to tip closer to all out civil war on Wednesday as government troops and opposition tribesmen battled to...
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30 May 2011

Islamists Seize Yemeni City, Stoking Fears

Islamist militants consolidated control over a second city in southern Yemen on Sunday, seizing banks, government offices and the security headquarters as government forces responded with mortar fire.
Islamist militants consolidated control over a second city in southern Yemen on Sunday, seizing banks, government...
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22 Jan 2012

Yemen’s Saleh leaves for U.S., opponents protest

Thousands of Yemenis protested Sunday against Saleh's immunity and demanded he be put on trial for the killing of hundreds of demonstrators during a year of unrest that brought the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country to the verge of civil war.
Thousands of Yemenis protested Sunday against Saleh's immunity and demanded he be put on trial for the killing of...
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5 Apr 2011

Yemeni leader Saleh determined to set the terms of his exit

When Yemeni security forces opened fire Monday on anti-government demonstrators in two cities, killing at least 12 and wounding scores, President Ali Abdullah Saleh was miles away, seemingly determined to stretch his 32-year-old rule. In front of hundreds of cheering supporters in the south-central city of Dhamar, he declared: 'I will never betray the trust you gave me.'
When Yemeni security forces opened fire Monday on anti-government demonstrators in two cities, killing at least 12 and...
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9 Jul 2015

UN announces humanitarian truce in Yemen

The United Nations has announced that a humanitarian truce will go into force in Yemen to allow urgently needed aid to reach civilians facing the threat of famine in the war-torn country. The pause in fighting will go into effect at 23.59 local time (2059 GMT) on Friday and last until the end of Ramadan on 17 July. The announcement came eight days after the UN declared Yemen a level-3 humanitarian emergency, the highest on its scale, with nearly half of the country s regions facing a food crisis.
The United Nations has announced that a humanitarian truce will go into force in Yemen to allow urgently needed aid to...
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9 Oct 2014

Yemen suicide attack kills dozens

A bomb blast tore through Tahrir Square in central Sana'a on Thursday morning, killing dozens of supporters of the Houthi movement that controls the Yemeni capital and fuelling fears of more violence between the Shia group and radical Sunni Islamists. The explosion underscored the mounting political and security vacuum Sana a, which came under Houthi control on 21 September shortly before a peace deal was signed between the group and the government.
A bomb blast tore through Tahrir Square in central Sana'a on Thursday morning, killing dozens of supporters of the...
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10 Mar 2012

Yemen air strikes kill 45 militants linked to al-Qaida

At least 45 militants linked to al-Qaida, including a number of tribal leaders, have been killed by air strikes in south Yemen. Twenty-five militants were killed in Bayda, about 166 miles south-east of the capital, Sana'a, on Friday, while 20 died at a base in the restive southern town of Jaar, residents told Reuters on Saturday. Jaar, the second-largest town in Abyan province, was seized by militants last March as protests against the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, gripped the country.
At least 45 militants linked to al-Qaida, including a number of tribal leaders, have been killed by air strikes in south...
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10 Jan 2012

United States defends immunity law for Yemeni president Saleh

The United States has defended a Yemeni draft law that would grant outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution over the killing of protesters during an uprising against his rule, despite criticism from the United Nations.
The United States has defended a Yemeni draft law that would grant outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from...
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10 Oct 2011

Our revolution’s doing what Saleh can’t – uniting Yemen

The revolution in Yemen began immediately after the fall of Ben Ali in Tunisia on 14 January. As I always do when arranging a demonstration I posted a message on Facebook, calling on people to celebrate the Tunisian uprising on 16 January.
The revolution in Yemen began immediately after the fall of Ben Ali in Tunisia on 14 January. As I always do when...
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22 Sep 2011

Yemen’s fragile ceasefire breaks as protesters mourn their dead

Outside the gates of one of the main hospitals in Yemen's capital, tens of thousands of men, women and children stood in silence. The crowd had gathered to mourn the deaths of 83 protesters, shot dead by Yemeni security services over the past three days. It was the worst bout of violence in the eight-month uprising.
Outside the gates of one of the main hospitals in Yemen's capital, tens of thousands of men, women and children stood in...
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25 Dec 2011

Yemenis rally across country over latest deaths of protesters, denounce vice president

Yemenis are rallying to express their anger over the latest deaths of protesters and to demand the resignation of the country's vice president for failing to bring the killers to justice. Tens of thousands marched Sunday in the capital Sanaa past the office of Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, denouncing him as a "tool in the hands" of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Yemenis are rallying to express their anger over the latest deaths of protesters and to demand the resignation of the...
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6 Jun 2011

Yemen’s future after Saleh worries U.S. officials

The flight of Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh to Saudi Arabia deprives the United States of a fitful ally in the fight against al-Qaeda s most dangerous affiliate and injects new uncertainty into counterterrorism operations that were already hampered by the country s bloody internal strife, according to Yemen and security experts
The flight of Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh to Saudi Arabia deprives the United States of a fitful ally in the fight...
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1 Jul 2016

‘Trapped by all the sides’ in Yemen’s largely ignored war

For weeks, Yemen s warring factions have held peace talks to end their 16-month civil war, bringing a sense of calm to much of the country. But in the southwestern city of Taiz the conflict rages on, defying a U.N.-backed cease-fire. Civilians are indiscriminately killed or wounded daily. Thousands languish in ragged displacement camps. Humanitarian groups are blocked from adequately helping victims. On one side of the war is an alliance of Shiite Houthi rebels and loyalists of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. On the other side is the government, backed by the United States, Saudi Arabia and other regional powers.
For weeks, Yemen s warring factions have held peace talks to end their 16-month civil war, bringing a sense of calm to...
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