Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has vowed to return to his country from Saudi Arabia, where he is recovering from an assassination attempt. In a televised address Tuesday from Riyadh to his supporters in Sana’a, Mr. Saleh said he will return to Yemen soon. He also accused his political opponents of stealing messages from the […]
Yemen’s President Says He Will Return Soon
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has vowed to return to his country soon. He made the comments in a speech from Saudi Arabia Tuesday, but did not specify a date for returning. He also expressed a willingness to transfer powers to a deputy if the move would get opposition gunmen off the streets. Mr. Saleh […]
Deadly Unrest Continues in Southern Yemen
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
Yemeni officials say at least 11 militants and two soldiers have been killed in the southern Abyan province, where security forces have been battling al-Qaida-linked militants. The fighting took place Sunday in and around the provincial capital, Zinjibar. Militants have taken control of several areas in southern Yemen during the six-month uprising pressing for President […]
Rival Rallies in Yemen Draw Thousands of Protesters, Loyalists
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of opponents of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have renewed calls for his departure. Protesters massed in cities across the country on Friday. Some waved flags and chanted anti-government slogans. Government loyalists, meanwhile, rallied in a central square in the capital, Sana’a. The state-run SABA news agency showed photos of supporters carrying large pictures […]
Yemen’s President Considering Transition Plan
Posted August 12th, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has again expressed willingness to consider a plan by the Gulf Cooperation Council that would allow for a peaceful transition of power in his embattled country. President Saleh told members of his General Congress People’s party visiting him in Saudi Arabia on Thursday that he is looking for a way […]
Yemen’s President Studying Transition Plan
Posted August 11th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Yemen’s president says he is studying how to implement a plan for a peaceful transition of power, while a government official has warned that an opposition plan amounts to a war declaration. President Ali Abdullah Saleh says he is considering a plan put forth by the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council . A state-run media report […]
Yemen Dismisses Report that Saleh Will Not Return
Posted August 9th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Yemen’s state-run news agency says wounded President Ali Abdullah Saleh plans to return to the country after his recovery period in Saudi Arabia. SABA news said Tuesday there was “no truth” to a report to the contrary. It said the president, who was injured during a June attack on his presidential compound, would return to […]
Officials: Yemen’s Saleh Leaves Saudi Hospital, Remains in Riyadh
Posted August 7th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Saudi and Yemeni officials say Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has left a hospital in Riyadh, where he had been been treated since suffering severe burns in a June 3 bomb attack on his compound in Sana’a. The officials say Mr. Saleh was discharged from the hospital late Saturday and moved to a Saudi government […]
Yemeni Govt. Forces, Opposition Tribesmen Fight in Sana’a for 2nd Day
Posted August 6th, 2011 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
Witnesses in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, say fighting has erupted for a second day between government forces and opposition tribesmen of the al-Ahmar clan. The witnesses say both sides exchanged fire in Sana’a’s Hassaba district on Saturday, but no casualties were reported. Yemeni government forces and al-Ahmar tribesman also fired at each other in the area […]
Clashes Erupt Between Yemeni Forces, Tribe
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
Yemeni government forces have clashed with the country’s most powerful tribal group as thousands of the president’s supporters and opponents held rival demonstrations. The fighting erupted on Friday in the capital, Sana’a, where security forces traded gunfire with members of the Hashid confederation. The tribal alliance announced in March that it would back President Ali […]
