Middle East
Publisher: Aljazeera
16 Apr 2015
Former Yemeni leader asks Gulf states for safe exit
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has sent messages to Arab Gulf states, asking for a safe exit for himself and his family, sources told Al Jazeera. Saleh, who was forced to step down in 2012 after a wave of protests against his rule, is said to be backing Houthi rebels who have seized the capital Sanaa and are battling forces loyal to embattled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who fled to Saudi Arabia.
Publisher: Aljazeera
2 Mar 2015
First Iran flight arrives in Houthi-held Yemeni capital
A first Iranian flight has landed in the Yemeni capital, a day after officials from the Shia-controlled city signed an aviation agreement with Tehran. The Mahan Air plane arrived in Sanaa on Sunday carrying a team from the Iranian Red Crescent and medical aid, an aviation official told AFP news agency. Senior Iranian diplomats were on hand to welcome the flight - the first between the two countries in many years and comes weeks after Houthi Shia rebels took over the government in a coup.
Publisher: Aljazeera
13 Feb 2015
Envoy Yemen brink of civil war
The UN special envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, has warned that the country may be on the brink of civil war and accused all sides of contributing to the political and economic turmoil. Yemen is slipping further into chaos as the Houthis, an Iranian-backed Shia group from the north, consolidate their grip on power after seizing the capital in September and sidelining the central government.
Publisher: Aljazeera
26 Jan 2015
Houthis violently disperse sanaa protest
Publisher: Aljazeera
23 Jan 2015
Yemen crisis explained
When pro- Houthi militias abducted Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak, the Yemeni president's chief of staff, President Hadi gave orders to the army to take over the security of the capital. This was seen by the Shia Houthis as a government plot to dismantle their Popular Committees. The committees are pro-Houthi militias which were deployed on the streets of the cities that were captured by the rebels last year. They set up checkpoints around government buildings, at the international airport of Sanaa and near the presidential palace.
Publisher: Aljazeera
29 Dec 2014
Yemen Al-Qaeda ‘in a war of attrition’
As fighting between Yemen's warring groups intensified, the recent clashes between Houthi fighters and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) could turn into a wider sectarian conflict, according to analysts. On Saturday night clashes erupted between Houthi fighters and tribesmen in Arhab, a tribal area located 35km northeast of Sanaa and a bastion of Islah party supporters. Tribal sources said many Houthi fighters were killed in this confrontation, but there was no confirmation of the exact number of the dead.
Publisher: Aljazeera
3 Nov 2014
Prominent Yemeni politician killed in Sanaa
The head of a Yemeni liberal political party has been fatally shot in the capital Sanaa, his family said. Mohammed Abdel Malek al-Mutawakel, secretary-general of the Union of Popular Forces party, was "fatally shot in the neck" by a gunman on a motorcycle on a street in central Sanaa, his daughter Radhia told the AFP news agency. Mutawakel was a controversial figure, accused of backing the Houthis behind the scenes.
Publisher: Aljazeera
29 Oct 2014
Yemen’s Houthis capture strategic city
Yemen's Houthi rebels have captured a key city linking the capital to the south as they push to control more territory of the country. The Shia fighters captured the strategic central city of Radmah in Ibb province on Wednesday, a city that links Sanaa with the main southern city of Aden, after prolonged fighting with local tribesmen, the AFP news agency reported.
Publisher: Aljazeera
20 Oct 2014
Yemen’s Houthis push south into Ibb
Yemen's Shia Houthi fighters continue to push south in Ibb province, taking over the town of Yarim after dismantling a protest camp blocking the country's main airport in the capital Sanaa. Sunday's developments came amid reports that the governor of Sanaa province had resigned after his headquarters were stormed by the Houthis.