To hear the Houthi militants who control this capital describe it, the country’s former president escaped from house arrest on Saturday by dressing…
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Yemen's feuding parties have agreed on a "people's transitional council" to help govern the country and guide it out of a political crisis, U.N. me…
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Houthi rebels, who deposed Yemen's government by force, have come to a preliminary agreement for a new government, showing willingness to negotiate…
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Yemen’s southern secessionist Al-Hirak movement has offered to work with the Shi’ite Houthi movement which recently seized control of the country’s…
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On February 15, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2201 aimed at resolving the crisis in the Republic of Yemen in r…
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Forces loyal to Yemen's president said they had seized strategic buildings in the southern city of Aden on Monday after a five-hour battle, escalat…
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 Yemen's neighbours urged the UN Saturday to move forcefully over the deteriorating security situation, saying they will themselves act if the…
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The U.N. Security Council is considering a resolution on Yemen that would urge the Shi'ite Houthi rebels to step down, release ousted President Abd…
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The Shiite militia that seized power in Sanaa said Sunday it would not cave in to "threats" after Yemen's Gulf neighbours urged the U.N. to act for…
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Al-Qaeda suspects shot dead a Yemeni military pilot in the south Friday as troops attacked by the militants the previous day handed their weapons t…
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Saudi Arabia has suspended operations at its embassy in Yemen, as the security situation in the country deteriorates. It is the first Ara…
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Al Qaida-affiliated fighters seized an army base in Southern Yemen and held soldiers prisoner on Thursday. The United States, Britain and Fr…
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The U.N. envoy to Yemen warned Thursday that the impoverished country is at a crossroads between "civil war and disintegration" and a successful po…
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The United States, Britain and France said they were closing their embassies in Yemen over security fears Wednesday as thousands took to the street…
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Armed Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital Sanaa seized U.S. embassy vehicles after the ambassador and diplomats left the country on Wednesday, loca…
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A group of Islamist fighters in Yemen renounced their loyalty to Al Qaida’s leader and pledged allegiance to the head of Daesh, according to a Twit…
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A Tajik doctor who was kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen in October has been released. Manuchehr Abduev, a Tajik employee of a Russian comp…
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A U.S. official in Washington on Tuesday confirmed the American Embassy in Yemen is closing, according to Reuters news agency. The o…
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Shiite Houthis have entered Yemen's central city of Al-Bayda – capital of the flashpoint province of the same name – without resistance, eyewitness…
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The UN envoy to Yemen  Jamal Bin Omar announced on Sunday agreement of the Yemeni political parties including Shiite Houthi rebels  to re…
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