Yemen

Saudi says Egypt, Morocco, Pakistan joining Yemen operation

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Thursday that five Muslim countries including Egypt and Pakistan want to… Read More

Yemen's Houthis advance towards Aden but deny it's their target

ADEN: Fighters from Yemen's dominant Houthi movement drew closer to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's refuge… Read More

Yemen foes square off as fears of war, Saudi-Iran rivalry grow

RIYADH/DUBAI: Yemen's top factions are squaring off for battle after months of skirmishes, turning respectively… Read More

Houthis seize strategic Yemeni city, escalating power struggle

ADEN: Houthi fighters opposed to Yemen's president took over the central city of Taiz in… Read More

Al Qaeda driven out of Yemen city after killing 20 soldiers

ADEN/SANAA: Al Qaeda fighters captured the capital of a province in southern Yemen, killing about… Read More

Suicide bombers kill 126 in Yemen mosque attacks

SANAA/ADEN: Suicide bombers in the Yemeni capital Sanaa blew themselves up during Friday prayers at… Read More

Yemen's Hadi says Saleh conspired with Iran to undermine power transfer deal

ADEN: President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi accused his predecessor on Sunday of conspiring with Iran to… Read More

First Iran flight lands in Shiite-held Yemen capital

SANAA: A first Iranian flight landed in the Yemeni capital on Sunday, a day after… Read More

U.S. drone attack in Yemen kills four suspected al Qaeda militants: security sources

SANAA: A U.S. drone attack in Yemen killed four suspected al Qaeda militants on Saturday… Read More

Yemen Houthis take over U.S.-trained special forces base in Sanaa

SANAA: Armed men from Yemen's newly dominant Houthi group took over a special forces army… Read More

Yemen's Houthis say president Hadi has lost legitimacy, is sought as fugitive

SANAA: Yemen's dominant Houthi group said on Tuesday that President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi had lost… Read More

Gunmen kidnap French woman, Yemeni driver in Sanaa: security sources

SANAA: Gunmen kidnapped a French woman and her Yemeni driver in the centre of Yemen's… Read More

Yemen's former leader flees to Aden

SANAA: Yemen's former president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi escaped his official residence after weeks of house… Read More

UN presses Yemen militia to cede power

SANAA: The United Nations Security Council on Sunday urged Yemen's Huthis to cede power, release… Read More

Yemeni Houthi fighters fire on protesters after clashes kill 26

SANAA: Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in several cities on Saturday against the rule… Read More

Al Qaeda linked group says seized army base in south Yemen

ADEN: Fighters from the al Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia militant group have taken control of… Read More

Yemen Houthi rebels seize U.S. embassy vehicles: staff

SANAA: Armed Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital Sanaa seized U.S. embassy vehicles after the… Read More

Al Qaeda supporters in Yemen pledge allegiance to Islamic State – group

DUBAI: A group of Islamist fighters in Yemen renounced their loyalty to al Qaeda's leader… Read More

Gulf countries condemn Houthi takeover in Yemen as a 'coup'

SANAA: The Gulf Cooperation Council has accused Shi'ite Houthi rebels of staging a coup in… Read More

Huthi militia installs 'presidential council' to run Yemen

SANAA: Shiite militia who have seized Yemen's capital announced Friday they had dissolved parliament and… Read More