Yemen sets curfew as fighting roils capital
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s top security body imposed an overnight curfew in restive areas of the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday after Shiite rebels took over the state television building amid heavy clashes and the U.N. envoy to the country signaled that ...
UN: Yemen's rival sides agree peace deal
An agreement including a ceasefire has been reached between Houthi rebels and Yemen's government, the UN special envoy has said, shortly after a curfew was imposed in parts of the capital Sanaa following a third day of intense fighting. "This agreement ...
Yemen cease-fire deal to be signed: UN envoy
Baku-APA. UN envoy to Yemen Jamal bin Omar said on Saturday night that he had brokered a cease-fire deal between the Yemeni government and Shiite Houthi group, without mentioning when the two sides would sign on it, APA reports quoting XInhua. During a ...
Yemen agrees on truce with rebels: UN envoy
Sanaa: The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Jamal bin Omar said late Saturday that he had brokered a ceasefire deal between the Yemeni government and Shia Houthi group. The UN envoy said the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels agreed to put an end to the ...
Malaysians in Yemen safe, Foreign Ministry confirms
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Embassy in Sana’a has confirmed that all Malaysians, mostly students in Yemen, were safe despite the current mass uprising in that country. In a statement here yesterday, the Foreign Ministry said currently about 440 students ...
Fresh fighting between Yemen's Shiite rebels and Sunni militias in capital kills 4 civilians
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A third day of fighting in Yemen's capital between Shiite rebels and Sunni militiamen killed at least four civilians on Saturday, security and health officials said. Mortar shells slammed into homes and a local hospital as the Shiite ...
The protests in Yemen should not turn into a mass frenzy
Demonstrations and conflicts are going on in the streets of Yemen. What Yemen needs are peaceful resolutions to the disagreements, disputes and conflicts of interest more than ever. For the problems not to get any worse, it is very important to ...
UN announces deal to 'resolve' Yemen crisis
SANAA: The United Nations (UN) envoy to Yemen announced on Saturday (Sep 20) that an accord had been reached to "resolve the current crisis" after a week of deadly fighting between Shiite rebels and pro-government forces. Jamal Benomar's announcement came ...
UN announces accord to 'resolve crisis' in Yemen
SANAA (AFP) - The UN envoy to Yemen announced Saturday that an accord had been reached to "resolve the current crisis" in Yemen, after a week of deadly fighting between Shiite rebels and pro-government forces. Jamal Benomar said in a statement that the ...
Yemen president calls for settlement on third day of clashes
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi called on Saturday for a U.N.-brokered political settlement with Shi'ite rebels as some of the worst violence seen in the capital for years raged for a third day. The fighting, which intensified on ...
