Nephew of killed Yemeni president calls on Saudi-led coalition to stop war
- 12-Jan-2018
DUBAI: A nephew of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has called for an end to the Yemen war in his first public appearance since his uncle was killed by his former Houthi allies last month. Brigadier-General Tareq Mohammed Saleh — who led a brigade of an elite Yemeni army unit before his uncle was forced […]
Yemeni party names new leader after Saleh killed
- 07-Jan-2018
DUBAI: The party of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh named a new leader on Sunday after he was killed last month by the Houthi movement his one-time allies in the country’s civil war. Questions have arisen over where the loyalty of the General People’s Congress (GPC) fighters lay after Saleh was killed in a […]
Saudi-led coalition intensifies Yemen air strikes after Saleh’s death
- 06-Dec-2017
ADEN: A Saudi-led coalition intensified air strikes on Yemen early on Wednesday as the armed Houthi movement tightened its grip on the capital after it killed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who switched sides in the civil war. Saudi Arabia and its allies struck a day after Saleh’s son vowed to lead a campaign against […]
Houthis stage defiant rally 3 years after seizing Yemen capital
- 21-Sep-2017
SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi rebels marked the third anniversary of their takeover of Sanaa on Thursday, gathering tens of thousands of supporters in a show of force as Saudi-led coalition warplanes flew over the capital. The Houthis and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh captured Sanaa on September 21, 2014, plunging Yemen into chaos […]
UN chief calls for reopening of Yemen port, airport
- 27-Aug-2017
KUWAIT CITY: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged warring parties in Yemen to allow humanitarian aid into the country amid a political stalemate that has seen violence spill into Sanaa. “We are doing are best to create the conditions for the present stalemate to be overcome,” Guterres said after talks in Kuwait, which is leading […]
In Yemen war, hospitals bombed to rubble, starvation spreads
- 10-Feb-2016
DUBAI: Elderly Hamama Yousif was rushed to the main hospital in one of Yemen's largest cities after an artillery round lashed her chest with shrapnel, only to find that the doctors there had run out of the oxygen tanks needed to save her life.
Mideast’s arch-survivor stands in way of Saudi success in Yemen
- 16-Apr-2015
DUBAI: Three weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen have led to defections of army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, military sources said, dealing a blow to his efforts to stage a comeback.
Gunmen seize Yemen president's chief of staff: official
- 17-Jan-2015
SANAA: Gunmen on Saturday seized Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi's chief of staff, whose nomination as prime minister last year was rejected by Shiite militiamen controlling the capital, an official said.