Yemen

The US and UK embassies in Yemen are set to resume operations within days, but from the southern city of Aden, diplomatic sources said Sunday. According to the sources, the...

Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi said Sunday that capital Sanaa is "occupied" by the Shia Houthi movement, describing the recent Houthi takeover of government as a "coup." Hadi's statements came...

A direct flight from Tehran arrived on Sunday to Yemeni capital Sanaa, the first by Iranian airlines since the unification of Yemen in 1990. "An Iranian flight carrying a medical aid...

The UAE and Kuwait said on Friday that their embassies in Yemen have moved to the southern city of Aden, one day after Saudi Arabia took the same step....

The UN Security Council has given unanimous backing to Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi as "the legitimate president of Yemen" and reaffirmed its strong commitment to the country's unity, AP...

The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said on Wednesday that its member states support the legitimacy of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi as Yemen's President, it has...

The UN Security Council's decision to extend sanctions against former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as well as two leaders of the Houthis who are allied with him "will...

For every revolution there is a fall, including counter-revolutions. The last few weeks have revealed signs that that indicate that the counter-revolutions that recently sprung into existence are currently...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham responded Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's recent claims that Iran has supported the Shiite Houthi militia in Yemen. "The statements...

Houthis in Yemen announced yesterday that the Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi is losing legitimacy and is "wanted for justice". Sources revealed that the Supreme Revolutionary Committee of...

Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karaman called on the Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi to exercise his presidential duties from the city of Aden where he arrived...

The corrupt practices of Yemen's former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh have netted the strongman up to $60 billion, a UN sanctions panel will report to the Security Council on...

When the Zaidi Shia militia group of Houthi rebels seized control of Yemen's presidential palace last month, it was looked upon as a coup d'état. President Abd Rabbu Mansour...

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) yesterday welcomed the release of Yemen's President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi after he was held under house arrest in the capital, Sanaa, by Houthi rebels,...

Today, another Arab country, Yemen, is at risk of division as its society is fragmented. The country seems vulnerable to foreign intervention. It is an example of yet another...

Yemen's resigned President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi on Saturday insisted that he still was Yemen's legitimate president. In his first statement from the southern province of Aden following his...

Iranian Friday Khatib Ayatollah Mohamed Karamani warned Yemenis to beware of United States and the Council of the Gulf States, saying, "Be cautious of any attacks against your resistance."...

A senior Houthi leader has downplayed the escape of resigned President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi from Yemeni capital Sanaa to the southern Aden city. "Hadi's escape will not impact...

Yemeni political sources have confirmed that Saudi Arabia is determined to change the balance of power in Yemen, as it conducted extensive talks last week with political and tribal...

Houthi rebels in Yemen have described the ongoing political consultations in the country as "sterile" and announced that the group's self-declared supreme revolutionary committee has started to form a...

UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar described the "constitutional declaration" announced by the Shia Houthi rebels as "unilateral action" which means that it will not be adopted as a...

Popular Committees in Aden, south Yemen, have accused the country's Special Security Services of carrying out a "dangerous conspiracy", including the handing over of Yemeni cities and camps in...

The UN Security Council on Sunday demanded Yemen's Houthi rebels relinquish control of the government and withdraw their forces from the capital. The 15-member council unanimously adopted a Britain and Jordan-drafted...

The foreign ministers of Gulf states on Saturday called on the United Nations (UN) Security Council to take decisions under the UN's Chapter VII, allows for international military intervention in Yemen,...

Militants from Yemen's Shia Houhti movement on Sunday opened fire on an anti-Houthi demonstration in the central Ibb province, a security source has said. "Houthi militants opened fire on dozens of...

The Yemeni activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman appealed to the youth of the 11 February Revolution on its fourth anniversary to make that date mark the...

Local staff working at the US embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa said yesterday evening that Shia Houthi gunmen seized more than 20 vehicles belonging to the US embassy...

Oman and Qatar helped the rapid evacuation of American diplomats in Yemen, German news agency DPA reported the US Department of State saying yesterday. The US embassy vehicles used...

In a televised statement, the Houthis announced on Friday a "constitutional declaration" entailing the dissolution of Yemen's parliament and the creation of a 551 member transitional council. The council...

European Union envoy to Yemen Bettina Muscheidt intends to leave the crisis-rocked nation within 48 hours "for security reasons," a source with the EU's mission in Yemen said Wednesday....

There is a fierce war being fought in the north and south of the Arabian Peninsula. Islamic State (ISIS) fighters are in Syria and Iraq, while in Yemen the...

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby yesterday warned Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen against taking further unilateral steps that could escalate the situation there, describing the "constitutional declaration" under which...