Yemen

Hadi calls for UN action on Yemen

Yemen’s embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has asked Gulf countries to intervene militarily against Shiite rebels who have seized the capital and are advancing toward his new base in the south, his foreign minister told Saudi media Monday. Riad Yassin said Hadi has also asked the United Nations to[…]

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Yemen rebels raise prospect of march

Yemeni rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi on Sunday raised the prospect of his forces moving on President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi’s temporary capital of Aden after Houthi fighters advanced into the key central city of Taiz. Local officials said Houthi fighters captured several state facilities in Taiz, including the airport, airbase,[…]

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Shiite rebels seize Yemen’s 3rd largest city

Shiite rebels backed by supporters of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized Yemen’s third largest city of Taiz and its airport on Sunday, security and military officials said, as thousands took to the streets in protest. If the rebels hold onto the city, the capital of Yemen’s most populous province,[…]

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Yemen president evacuated as airstrikes target palace

Yemen’s president has been forced to flee his presidential palace after two fighter planes targeted his residence in Aden, a government official has said. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was evacuated on Thursday after the planes opened fire, hitting his residence in the southern city. “President Hadi has been evacuated to[…]

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UN envoy meets with embattled Yemeni president

Aides to Yemen’s embattled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi say he has met with the U.N. envoy to the country for the first time since fleeing the Shiite rebel-held capital. U.N. envoy Jamal Benomar has been struggling for months to resolve a crisis pitting Hadi against the Houthi rebels, who[…]

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Saleh amasses billions: UN report

Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has allegedly amassed assets estimated at 32 to 60 billion dollars during his 33 years in power, a UN report said Wednesday. The report compiled by a panel of experts for the UN Security Council said that the former Yemeni leader transferred most of[…]

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Gunmen kidnap French woman in Yemen capital

Gunmen have kidnapped a French woman and her Yemeni driver in the centre of the capital, Sanaa, while she was heading to work, security sources and France’s foreign ministry have said. The unidentified gunmen intercepted the vehicle on 45th Street and led the women, who works for an international organisation,[…]

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Yemen’s ousted president withdraws resignation

Yemen’s deposed president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has withdrawn his resignation and has been meeting with senior security advisers and provincial governors in his hometown, Aden. A member of parliament said Hadi had submitted a letter to the assembly on Monday, withdrawing his resignation as the country’s president, which he had[…]

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UN deplores Houthi takeover in Yemen

The UN Security Council passed a resolution Sunday “deploring” the Houthi rebel group’s actions in Yemen and demanding the cessation of violence and active participation of all parties in UN-backed negotiations. The council, which met Sunday for an emergency session to pass the resolution, took action on the situation in[…]

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