Wednesday, October 1, 2014

White House calls Yemen 'model' for ISIS fight, as security deteriorates - Fox News


White House calls Yemen 'model' for ISIS fight, as security deteriorates - Fox News



Fox News

White House calls Yemen 'model' for ISIS fight, as security deteriorates
Fox News
The White House insisted Monday that the U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen is a model for the fight against the Islamic State -- despite the country being engulfed by a violent political crisis that last week led the Obama administration to ...
Houthis refuse to leave Yemen capitalAljazeera.com
Saudi high risk bet in YemenHuffington Post
Yemen bombing kills 7 near hospitalCNN
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Saudi Arabia, Iran and the 'Great Game' in Yemen - Aljazeera.com



Aljazeera.com

Saudi Arabia, Iran and the 'Great Game' in Yemen
Aljazeera.com
It would be an understatement to say that the internal power politics at play in Yemen are among the oldest, most complex and most dynamic in the Middle East. What heretofore was a struggling and weak Sunni-led central government barely holding onto ...



In speech to UN Assembly, Yemen's Minister highlights political transition ... - UN News Centre



UN News Centre

In speech to UN Assembly, Yemen's Minister highlights political transition ...
UN News Centre
29 September 2014 – With Yemen pressing ahead after coming through a complex, United Nations-assisted transition, the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jamal Abdullah Al-Sallal, told the General Assembly today that continued international support ...
FM: Yemen needs int'l support to address security challengesYemen News Agency

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Saudi Arabia warns of more Yemen violence - Aljazeera.com



Aljazeera.com

Saudi Arabia warns of more Yemen violence
Aljazeera.com
Saudi Arabia has warned that neighbouring Yemen risks sliding towards further violence, which could damage regional security, after Houthi rebels overran the capital last week. Prince Saud al-Faisal, the kingdom's foreign minister, called at the United ...



Political conflicts worsening Yemen food security - UN agency - Reuters UK



Reuters UK

Political conflicts worsening Yemen food security - UN agency
Reuters UK
Yemen earned just $671 million (413.13 million pound) from exporting crude oil in January-May, down nearly 40 percent from a year earlier, as a result of frequent bombings of its oil and gas pipelines, mostly by disgruntled tribesmen feuding with the ...
UN warning: Political conflicts worsening Yemen food securityArab News
FOA: Clashes in Yemen deepening food security problemYemen News Agency

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Saudi crapshoot in Yemen - Middle East Eye



Saudi crapshoot in Yemen
Middle East Eye
That Iran should be backing a small Shi'a tribe in the north of Yemen called the Houthis comes as little surprise. The lightning takeover by the Houthis of the capital Sana'a has been applauded by Iranian politicians. Tehran city representative in the ...



Attacks target Houthi fighters in Yemen - Aljazeera.com



Aljazeera.com

Attacks target Houthi fighters in Yemen
Aljazeera.com
A suicide car bomber linked to al-Qaeda has rammed into a field hospital run by a Shia rebel group east of Yemen's capital, killing at least 15 people, while five more died in an ambush in the south of the country, according to local sources. The ...



Al Qaeda splinter group fires rocket near US Embassy in Yemen - Fox News



Fox News

Al Qaeda splinter group fires rocket near US Embassy in Yemen
Fox News
A rocket was fired toward the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen on Saturday, wounding several guards, in an attack by an Al Qaeda splinter group to assert dominance, a Yemeni diplomat confirmed to Fox News. No U.S. personnel or Embassy buildings were ...



US Pulling Diplomats From Yemen, Advises Other Americans to Leave - Wall Street Journal



Washington Post (blog)

US Pulling Diplomats From Yemen, Advises Other Americans to Leave
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—As the political and security situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate, the U.S. State Department on Thursday said it has begun removing some of its diplomats from U.S. facilities there and advised Americans living there to leave the ...
The limits of the 'sectarian' framing in YemenWashington Post (blog)
Yemen: On brink of civil war or dissolution?Aljazeera.com
US orders evacuation of embassy staff in Yemen citing security concernsThe Guardian
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Why Yemen is such a disaster - Vox



Wall Street Journal

Why Yemen is such a disaster
Vox
Over the weekend, members of a Yemeni militant group stormed the nation's capital, Sana'a. Yemen's President, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, announced a ceasefire agreement that would appoint a new prime minister on terms heavily favorable to the ...
The Price of Abandoning YemenNew York Times
Militants in Yemen Seize State Offices, Force Premier to ResignWall Street Journal
Yemeni Shiite Rebel Sweep Into Capital Kills 340ABC News
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Yemen protest against presence of Houthi militants continues in capital


Hundreds of Yemeni people led by young activists continued on Tuesday their protest against the presence of Houthi militias inside the capital city of Sanaa. The protest demanded an immediate withdrawal of Houthis from the capital and handover of all ...


FOA: Clashes in Yemen deepening food security problem


ABU DHABI, Sep. 30 (Saba)- The United Nation Food and Agricultural Organization ( FAO) has warned that rising political conflicts and chaos in Yemen threaten the already deteriorated food security in the country. "One of four Yemenis are undernourished and ...


FM: Yemen needs int'l support to address security challenges


NEW YORK, Sep.30 (Saba)-Yemen needs training and logistic support from the international community to address the security challenges, Foreign Minister Jamal al-Salal said on Tuesday. In Yemen's speech, which he delivered on Monday during the 69th session ...



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