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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:13:15 PST

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Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:01:31 PST

Jamal Benomar, the UN special envoy tasked with negotiating with the Yemeni powers to engage in the National Dialogue, visits in December 2011 the Houthi group leader in Sa'ada province, the main stronghold of the group.

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Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:32:16 PST

Iranian Ambassador, Mahmoud Hassan Zadah denies in a press conference held last month reports about Iran’s support for the Southern Movement. He described them as “western misleading reports.”

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Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:31:54 PST

Brigadier Ahmed Ali, son of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and Commander of the Republican Guards (RG)

Brigadier Ahmed Ali, son of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and Commander of the powerful US trained Republican Guards (RG), said he has no objection to the military shakeup, echoing his father’s criticism for foes who have demanded his removal as well as his father’s since popular protest broke out in 2011.

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Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:14:25 PST

Police and firefighters arrive at a two-story restaurant that caught fire when a gas store exploded in the busiest street of the capital Sana'a.

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Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:48:49 PST

A police car of the security unit called, the Rescue Police. ©honahadhramout.com

Offensive against militants drives US drone campaign, tribes claim

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:15:36 PST

The recent military offensive against al-Qaeda militants southeast capital Sana’a was an American motivated campaign aimed at prolonging the U.S. drone campaign against suspected al-Qaeda militants, according to local leaders.

Family to hand over militants should drone campaign cease

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:18:56 PST

A militant pledges allegiance to Tariq Al Thahab, the family leader who briefly controlled Rada'a in January 2012 before he was killed in a family dispute in the same month.

A tribal family harboring al-Qaeda militants east of the capital Sana’a is asking the government to halt US drone strikes in their area in order for them to deviate terrorism and evacuate foreign militants from their stronghold, said a tribal local source.

Government says Al Qaeda deputy amir dead, experts skeptical

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:40:54 PST

Saeed Shihri, the number two man in the Yemen-based Al Qaeda group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

The Yemeni government said in a statement released last Thursday that the number two man in the Yemen-based Al Qaeda group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed.

U.S drone strike kills four suspected militants, one civilian in Capital

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:32:47 PST

THE RUINED CAR WAS CARRYING FOUR AL QAEDA MILITANTS AND ONE CIVILIAN WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A U.S. DRONE ON JANUARY 23, 2013. THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN MINUTES AFTER THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE BY A COLLEAGUE STAFF FROM "AL YEMEN AL YAWM" DAILY NEWSPAPER.

A U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants of Al Qaeda and one civilian on the outskirts of the capital Sana’a on last Wednesday evening, said security sources in the capital.

Recent drone strike raises death toll to 14

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:53:30 PST

Predator drone firing missile ©dronewarsuk.wordpress.com

A drone strike killed three suspected al-Qaeda militants in eastern Yemen Monday afternoon, raising the number of militants killed by drone strikes since Saturday to 14.

Locals identify one al-Qaeda militant killed by US drone

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:02:42 PST

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Four suspected al-Qaeda militants in Marib province were killed by an American drone strike early this evening. An earlier drone strike in the same area had missed the target.

NSA Chief : Cooperation With the U.S. Will Continue Until Al Qaeda is Finished in Yemen

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:24:08 PST

Ali Al Ahmadi,Chief of Yemen’s National Security Agency (NSA). © Barakish.net

The chief of Yemen’s National Security Agency (NSA) said that cooperation with the U.S. government in the use of U.S. drones will continue until Al-Qaeda is over.

Family of Yemeni blogger accused of blasphemy are living in turmoil and ‘horrified’ at prosecutors’ demands

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:52:12 PST

The family of Ali al-Saidi, who was accused of blasphemy, have expressed their dissatisfaction and horror of the demands of the journalism and publication prosecution. “I’m scared to death and so worried for what happened to our family of disturbance and instability when falsely accused our household of blasphemy and of retreating of Islam,” said al-Saidi’s wife.

Yemen police arrest suspected al-Qaeda commander in Sana’a

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:35:01 PST

Police arrested five suspected members of al-Qaeda who were in possession of two explosive devices in the capital Sana’a, on December 24, a security officer said.

Yemen Parliament members want to break diplomatic ties with Turkey

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:32:20 PST

A number of members of parliament called on the Yemeni government to break diplomatic relations with Turkey, dismiss several security officials and ban the use of motorcycles in major cities following the continuing assassinations of officials by gunmen on motorcycles.

Police defuse four bombs in crowded qat market

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:17:46 PST

The four explosive devices found on December 31 in a qat market in the capital Sana'a.

Police defuse four explosive devices discovered in a crowded market in a densely populated area of the capital Sana’a, early December 31.

Saleh advisor warns of civil war scenario similar to that of 1994

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:17:00 PST

Ahmed al-Sofi, Saleh's media advisor

A media advisor to former president Saleh said that his party is going through the same situation experienced by the Socialist party during the 1994 civil war between the north and south of the country.

US Drone strike kills 4 in al-Qaeda hotbed

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:52:20 PST

Four suspected al-Qaeda members were killed in an apparent US drone attack while driving in an area known as a hotbed for al-Qaeda activity, 150 kilometers southeast of the Yemeni capital Sana’a, a local source from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Dhahab tribe said.

Police arrest al-Qaeda suspects with explosives in Sana’a

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:22:27 PST

Police arrested five suspected members of al-Qaeda who were in possession of two explosive devices in the capital Sana’a, on December 24, a security officer said.

UPDATE1:Two Finnish students and an Austrian tourist kidnapped in Yemen

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:02:08 PST

Three foreigners were kidnapped in the capital Sana'a on December 21 included two students studying Arabic from Finland and a tourist from Austria.

Motorbike assassins kill arms dealer

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:50:49 PST

An arms dealer was killed in the capital Sana'a on December 21, a security source said.

Security intercepts large mortar shell shipment at Mukalla

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:02:29 PST

A large shipment of mortar shells was intercepted at al-Mukalla port, Hadramout province, December 19, a Sana’a security source said.

Yemen Security intercepts tons of explosives intended for capital

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:18:56 PST

Sana’a security intercepted a vehicle loaded with explosives trying to enter the capital, a security official said.