Fishing Without Nets (9/25)
Co-presented by VICE The subject of Somali pirates still strikes fear in the hearts of us Westerners, for it’s all a landscape that’s totally different than anything we could possibly know about. Shot in East Africa using first-time Somali actors, Fishing Without Nets ls the mesmerizing, sobering st ...
U.S. Embassy Staff In Yemen Reduced Due To Security Reasons
Thursday, the US Department of State ordered a temporary reduction in the number of U.S. Government personnel in Yemen. We are taking this step out of an abundance of caution and in response to recent political developments and the changing, unpredictable ...
Revolutionaries find secret arms labs in Yemen capital
Revolutionary forces in Yemen have reportedly discovered laboratories used by the militants operating in the country to make explosive devices and other weapons. According to reports, the secret laboratories were set up at a campus building at Iman ...
Yemen: On brink of civil war or dissolution?
Adam Baron is a writer and political analyst based in London. He was based in Sanaa, Yemen from 2011 to 2014. As Houthi rebels gradually descended on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, over the weekend, many observers seemed caught by surprise. It wasn't just that ...
Watchdog says Yemen Shiite rebels harassing journalists
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders on Thursday accused Shiite Huthi rebels who have taken near-total control of the Yemeni capital of harassing journalists. The rebels went on the offensive earlier this month and spilled into Sanaa from their ...
Yemen says 200 dead in Sana'a clashes
AMBULANCE workers have removed 200 bodies from the streets of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, since clashes between Houthi rebels and rival Sunni groups broke out last week, the country's Health Ministry says. ON Monday alone, ambulance teams recovered 53 ...
Houthi rebels take over Sanaa, as Yemen president warns of civil war
A Houthi rebel holds an RPG near the presidential palace in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Wednesday Photo: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters. SANAA — President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has warned Yemenis their country is heading toward civil war after the takeover ...
Yemen Energy Profile: Energy Sector In State Of Flux – Analysis
Yemen’s energy sector is in a state of flux. Declining oil production and frequent attacks on Yemen’s energy infrastructure have offset positive developments in the country’s natural gas sector since 2009. Yemen’s difficult security environment ...
What The Hell Is Happening In Yemen? Ctd
The State Department ordered some US embassy workers to leave the country today, following this weekend’s Houthi takeover of the capital. Adam Baron says the events in Sana’a reveal the myth of the so-called “Yemen model,” which he describes as ...
U.S. orders some diplomats to leave Yemen amid unrest but embassy to remain open
The State Department on Thursday ordered some of its diplomats and other government workers at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to leave the country because of deteriorating security amid unrest and sectarian clashes that have left Shiite rebels in control of the ...
