ADEN: Yemeni troops have made advances in an offensive against Al-Qaeda-linked militants near the southern city of Zinjibar, killing 18 insurgents, the Defense Ministry said on Friday.
It said on its website that the militants were pushed back on (...)
ADEN: At least 25 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants were killed on Wednesday in a third day of fighting with Yemeni troops in the south of the country, residents and local officials said.
Officials said the clashes took place at Jebel Yasuf, (...)
ADEN/RIYADH: Yemen's prime minister plans to become the first senior politician injured in a June assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to return home from Saudi Arabia, a government source said on Tuesday.
The source told Reuters (...)
ADEN: A Yemeni jet bombed the southern coastal town of Shaqra shortly after Islamist militants took control of the area, killing at least five of them, a local government official said.
In the raids staged on Thursday, the jet also attacked two (...)
SANAA/ADEN: Yemen's acting leader has put forward a new plan to end the country's political stalemate, which would keep President Ali Abdullah Saleh in power longer than outlined in earlier initiatives, an opposition source said on (...)
SANAA/ADEN: Tens of thousands of protesters flooded Yemen's streets on Tuesday, dedicating a fresh "Day of Rage" to the 24 people killed in demonstrations demanding an end to the president's three-decade rule.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a US (...)
SANAA/ADEN: Tens of thousands of protesters demanding the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule of Yemen joined demonstrations on Monday, while skirmishes in the south killed three soldiers and a policeman.
Witnesses said around (...)
ADEN: Yemen has enlisted the help of a popular Egyptian television preacher to help it dislodge militant Islamists' foothold within its conservative population.
The impoverished Arabian Peninsula state, already juggling conflicts in its north and (...)
ADEN: Yemeni police clashed with suspected al Qaeda militants in Aden on Friday, arresting several, as they searched for a group that had attacked an intelligence building there, a security official said.
The Interior Ministry put all its (...)