Gulf countries relocating embassies in Yemen
Sanaa is Yemen’s capital, but Houthi rebels have controlled the city for months. Hadi escaped a week ago after being under house arrest for a month following his resignation under…
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Yemen’s Hadi Seeks to Resume Duties as President
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN(Reuters), – Yemen’s president sought to resume his duties as head of state on Sunday, holding his first public engagement with state officials since he fled house…
Yemen’s Hadi Seeks to Resume Duties as President
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN(Reuters), – Yemen’s president sought to resume his duties as head of state on Sunday, holding his first public engagement with state officials since he fled house…
Yemen’s Hadi Seeks to Resume Duties as President
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN(Reuters), – Yemen’s president sought to resume his duties as head of state on Sunday, holding his first public engagement with state officials since he fled house…
Protests support Yemeni President after he escapes house arrest
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi filled the streets of seven Yemeni provinces on Sunday, one day after Hadi escaped house arrest in the…
Protests support Yemeni President after he escapes house arrest
Hadi had been under house arrest for a month after he resigned under pressure from Houthi rebels. But he escaped and released a statement saying he is still president, calling…
Yemen’s Hadi flees house arrest, plans to withdraw resignation
Hadi, who had been under house arrest since he resigned under pressure from Houthi rebels in Sanaa last month, fled with the help of forces loyal to him at about…
Former Yemen President Hadi Flees Sanaa After House Arrest By Houthi Rebels
Yemen’s former president left the capital after Shiite rebels who surrounded his house let him go under international and local pressure, aides close to him said Saturday. The aides said…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels show willingness to negotiate, cut rough deal
Parties to the negotiations are hopeful it will prevent a civil war. It represents a shift of the Houthis’ tone from just a month ago, when they stormed the capital…
Yemen Ruling Parties Agree On Formation of ‘People’s Transitional Council, UN Says
SANAA, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Yemen’s feuding parties have agreed on a “people’s transitional council” to help govern the country and guide it out of a political crisis, U.N. mediator…
Saudi Arabia, Germany, Italy join others in closing embassies in Yemen
One of the Yemeni officials said the Saudi evacuations happened Thursday. Germany and Italy also said Friday they were temporarily shutting their embassies in the capital, Sanaa. – CNN’s Alexander…
U.S. special forces stay in Yemen
This follows the removal of all remaining U.S. embassy personnel at the embassy in Sanaa after the State Department announced it would suspend its operations in the country amid the…
Rebels In Yemen Seize U.S. Embassy Vehicles After Evacuation
SANAA, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Armed Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital Sanaa seized U.S. embassy vehicles after the ambassador and diplomats left the country on Wednesday, local members of…
Yemen In Dangerous Power Vacuum After Leaders Resign
By Yara Bayoumy and Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Yemen drifted deeper into political limbo on Friday after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned in exasperation at a Houthi…
Yemen minister: Kidnapped aide still held by rebels in breach of peace deal
The Houthi rebelsShiite Muslims who have long felt marginalized in the majority Sunni countrykidnapped presidential Chief of Staff Ahmed bin Mubarak in the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday. The rebels then…
What You Need To Know About The Houthi Militia in Yemen
The crisis in Yemen rose to new heights this week, as Houthi fighters clashed with soldiers loyal to the president in the capital Sanaa and moved on the presidential palace,…
2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts
February 12, 2011 – Riot police outnumber anti-government protesters in Algiers and quickly disperse the demonstration. February 22, 2011 – The Algerian government announces an end to the state of…
Dozens killed in car bomb blast outside police college in Yemen
At least 38 people were killed and dozens others were injured in a car bomb explosion in front of the Police College in the Yemeni capital Sanaa Wednesday morning, two…