Al-Houthi refuses imprisonment sentence |  Yahya al-Houthi , brother of the al-Houthi rebel commander Abdul Malik al-Houthi, has refused a sentence of 15 years in prison issued against him by a Yemeni court last Saturday , considering the ruling evidence of the ....
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AQAP calls for attacks on U.S. |  The Yemen-based al-Qaeda branch has called for fresh attacks against American and Jewish interests in an audio tape ...
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Saleh fires Saada governor |  President Ali Abdullah Saleh issued on Saturday a republican decree of appointing Taha Hajir as a governor of Saada instead of Faris Manna'a who was sacked as he dined the arrest of his brother, Hassan ...
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Three soldiers killed in Marib | 
Sahwa Net- Three soldiers were killed on Saturday in violent confrontations between security forces and tribesmen from
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Demonstrations go on Radfan |  Demonstrations have gone on Radfan area of Aden governorate for the second day, protesting the killing of a prisoner ...
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YJS calls for solidarity with al-Maqleh |  The Yemeni Journalist Syndicate has expressed its concerns about the prosecution of the editor-in-chief of al-Eshtraki Net Mohammad al-Maqleh, describing measures taken against al-Maqaleh as repressive ...
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Yemen must upgrade airport security |  Yemen has yet to upgrade airport security to allow the lifting of a suspension of direct flights to Britain from the impoverished Arab country, a British....
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Sana'a arrested four weapon dealers |  Yemen's authorities have arrested on Tuesday Mohammad al-Razihi and Daghsan al-Sabri, weapon dealers in Saada governorate. The authorities are also pursuing ...
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Yemen hikes fuel prices |  The Yemeni government raised on Sunday fuel prices by up to 14.2 per cent. Pump prices of petrol and diesel were raised by up to 8.5 percent and 11.5 percent to 65 riyals (30 cents) and 39 riyals (19 cents) per liter ...
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Prisoner killed inside prison |  prisoner was killed on Monday inside a jail in al-Mukla city in mysterious circumstances. Faris Abad was found killed in a cell in which he was ...
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Two weapon dealers arrested in Yemen |  Yemeni authorities have arrested Fares Mana'a, a weapon dealer and a former member of a mediation committee between al-Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government...
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Cooking-gas crisis repeats in Yemen |  After waiting for a whole day before a gas sale shop, I could not get one cylinder, so I was forced to buy one for YR 1500 form outside the gas shop, more than the double of its real ...
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Security general killed in al-Mahra |  Top security general Mohammad al-Faqih was killed on Tuesday during clashes between security forces and protestors of what is called the Southern Movement...
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Seven al-Qaeda suspects imprisoned |  A Yemeni court issued on Tuesday imprisonment sentences between 5-10 years against al-Qaeda suspects on charges of forming an armed gang ...
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Opposition leaders meet Saleh's advisor |  Chairman of the opposition parties alliance, the Joint Meeting Parties, Abdul-Wahab Mahmoud has revealed that consultative meetings were held between JMP leaders and President's Saleh's advisor Abdul-Karim al-Iriani, pointing out...
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Nearly 113 Saudis killed, 9 others lost |  Saudi Authorities have declared that 113 Saudi troops were killed and nine others were lost since the launching of an offensive against the Houthi rebels ...
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Top commander fired in al-Mahra |  A chief of Hiat camp has been fired on grounds of finding flags of the former southern Yemen inside the camp, and a new commander from ...
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Yemeni journalists approve partial strike |  Yemeni journalists held a meeting on Thursday and approved staging a partial strike of two-hour work stoppage, demanding the government to implement a pay rise and job descriptions as part of a campaign ....
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Iran slams Yemeni president |  Fars News Agency claimed that Yemen has surrendered Socotra for Americans who would set up a military base in, pointing out that U.S. officials and the Yemeni government agreed ,,,
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Al- Qaradawi to midiate in Yemen conflict |  A delegation of the International Union for Muslim Scholars headed by Sheikh Yusuf al Qaradawi is to visit Yemen to seek solving the conflict between the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels in Saada ...
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Security official killed in al-Jawf |  Deputy Director General of the Political Security Organization in al-Jawf province Mohammad Hizam was killed on Sunday following trial confrontations ...
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Yemeni oil alliance hopes at risk |  Yemen's hopes of joining an Arabian alliance of oil-rich states, have been damaged by the country's involvement in the Christmas ...
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Yemen seeks $4 billion a year in economic aid |  Yemen, facing a daunting array of security and economic problems, needs about $2 billion a year in aid to stay afloat and double that to turn its economy around, Foreign Minister Abubakr...
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Confrontations continue in Saada |  Various regions of Sanaa province have witnessed violent confrontations between al-Houthi militants and military forces, and several victims left ...
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Yemen arrests three Qaeda suspects |  The Interior Ministry explained in its website that the arrested militants included two leading members , pointing out that it had arrested last month two senior ....
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Yemeni strife problematic for U.S. |  Yemen, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Yemen's internal political strife is complicating a U.S.-backed effort to curtail al-Qaida in the region, officials, analysts and ...
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U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopens |  The U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopened Tuesday after a two-day closure based on credible information of likely terrorist ...
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Clinton warns of Yemen's instability |  The secretary of State Department, Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that Yemen poses a threat to global security, pointing out that the situation in Yemen seems ...
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Soldier killed, three others wounded |  One soldier was killed and three others were wounded on Monday during confrontations between Yemeni security forces and protestors who staged a sit-in...
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Al-Qaeda suspect escapes in Sana'a |  One person was killed and other one was wounded Monday in Arhab district, north Sana'a, during clashes between Yemeni security forces and
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al-Qaeda senior operative arrested |  One of the most al-Qaeda most dangerous members Abdu Saleh al-Haudaili, was arrested on Wednesday in Bajel district of Hodedia province....
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Reports say al-Houthi leader killed |  Net Yemeni reports recently leaked say that the leader of the Houthi rebels Abdul-Malik al-Houthi was killed and buried after he was shot by the Saudi...
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Al-Qaeda group in Yemen gaining prominence |  The al-Qaeda branch linked to the attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight has for the past year escalated efforts to exploit Yemen's instability and carve out a leadership role among terrorist ...
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Yemen: End Harsh Repression in South |  Yemeni authorities should stop using unjustified lethal force against protesters and end attacks on the media in southern Yemen, Human Rights Watch ...
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Senior al-Qaida figures moving to Yemen |  There they are taking advantage of the Arab nation's escalating civil war and a largely lawless environment, unnamed intelligence officials told Sunday's ...
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Opposition refuses complementary elections |  Yemen's opposition parties, the Joint Meeting Parties, have refused the complementary parliamentary elections held in the early of the current month, considering them a coup ...
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Army breaks into Houthi strongholds |  Saada province witnessed on Monday violent clashes between the Yemeni army and al-Houthi rebels using various kinds of heavy weapons following two days of relative lull....
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|  The governor of Saada Hassan Mana'a has accused Iran of training the Houthi rebels, pointing out that the Revolutionary Guard and Iranian intelligence services ...
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Sahwa Net- Thousands of supporters of the so-called forces of the southern movement took into streets on Monday, demanding to release prisoners and condemn
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Sahwa Net- Head of the opposition parties alliance, the Joint Meeting parties, Abdul-Wahab Mahmoud, has expressed his sorrow as the ruling party declared suspending
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Head of the Yemeni Socialist Party's parliamentary bloc, Aidros al-Naqib, has affirmed that the Joint Meeting Parties' representatives would go on boycotting.....
A Yemeni court sentenced on Saturday, Yaya al-Houthi, Houthi ,political leader, to 15 years in prison his role in forging a militia to overthrow the current ...
He denied any personal disagreements with President Ali Abdullah Saleh which impede compromise between the ruling party, the General People's Congress, and the main opposition ....
Yemen's government may not be as solid an ally against al Qaeda in the future as the United States may think, the CIA ...
Meanwhile, editor-in-chief of al-Eshtraki net Mohammad al-Maqaleh who has been disappeared four years ago were referred to ...
The main Yemeni opposition alliance, the Joint Meeting Parties, has welcomed a ceasefire offer made by the Houthi rebels in Saada and their acceptance ...
The Preparatory Committee for the National Dialogue recently formed by the Yemeni opposition has demanded the Yemeni government to commit to its pledges ...
The leader of Yemen's northern rebels says he is ready to accept the government's conditions for a cease-fire, including relinquishing ...
Hundreds of Abyan governate's citizens staged a sit-in in Sana'a on Saturday, demanding the government to join ...
More than 250,000 civilians have been displaced as a result of the sporadic fighting between the Yemeni army and al-Houthi rebels in Saada ...
Participants of an international conference held on Wednesday in London about Yemen have demanded the Yemeni government to seriously combat financial corruption ...
More than 20 al-Houthi rebels and three Yemeni soldiers were killed on Wednesday in various positions of Saada governorate...
Violations against journalists in Yemen have increased in the first month of the current year. Jrnalists were subjected to attacks, harassments, insults and ...
Saudi authorities have begun the release of 200 Yemeni prisoners and departing them to their home after the Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz ...
Yemen prime minister Ali Mohammad Mojawar along with a high-ranking delegation headed to London on Wednesday to take part in a conference ...
The leader of Yemen's Shi'ite rebels has announced a ceasefire with Saudi Arabia and said the insurgents would withdraw from the kingdom's territory...
The former Yemeni president Ali Nasser Mohammad has called for dealing seriously with the London Conference on Yemen to be held on the coming ...
Tribal clashes in al-Hada area of Dhamar province have left 11 deaths during the few last days...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday told Yemen's foreign minister the United States will help foster economic development and battle terrorism...
Thousands of people in various areas of South Yemen have taken into streets on Thursday, protesting the release of detainees of what is called the Southern Movement and calling the London Conference to be held on ...
Direct flights to the U.K. from Yemen were suspended Wednesday, part of a broad drive to improve airport security following the failed Christmas Day attack on an ...
The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda said on Monday its fighters had survived an air strike last week that Yemeni officials said killed six leaders of the ....
The Yemeni Centre for Strategic Studies is to hold a press conference on January 19-20 a press conference on the Yemen-Gulf States....
Secretary-General of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Abdul-Wahab Mahmmoud succeeded on Saturday Hassan Zayed as the head of the main opposition alliance ...
Twelve people were killed and other 13 were wounded on Saturday in the remote governorate of al-Jawf located in the north 
A number of detainees family members said that their relatives were arrested on grounds of participating in a funeral march of a killed ...
Yemen's interior ministry confirmed on Saturday the death of Al-Qaeda's military chief in the country, Qassem al-Rimi, and that of five of his lieutenants ...
The clerics warned they would call for Jihad, if any invasion or military invasion is carried out in Yemen by any powers, appreciating highly the positions remarked by President Barack Obama ...
The National Organization for Humans and Rights, known also as Hood, has denounced threats against the editing manager of Sahwa Net news ....
The prominent Yemeni attorney Mohammad Naji Allaw has praised what he described "Uprising of liberators in the western world" pointing out to activists and human rights groups continuously oppose ...
Moreover, he called the participants of the conference to deal only with promises of development and counterterrorism aid to Yemen and not address the nation's other ....
A number of Saada regions witnessed on Saturday ruthless street wars between Yemen's military and the Houthi rebels as the army attempted to ...
President Barack Obama has said he has "no intention" of sending US troops to Yemen or Somalia to combat militant groups ....
A comprehensive strike paralyzes the transportation in several governorates of the South Yemen on Sunday...
Head of U.S. Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus told CNN on Sunday that the U.S. military does not plan to put ground troops in Yemen...
Three soldiers were wounded on Sunday during shootouts between security forces and gunmen in the Dhala ...
The increasingly secessionist groups in Yemen that are known as the Southern Movement has called all government and private sectors to carry out ...
Italy plans to propose further reinforcement of the Yemeni government by envisioning the formation of a group ...
The Supreme Council of the Yemeni opposition parties, the Joint Meeting Parties, has warned form globalizing the al-Qaeda issue in Yemen, stressing that...
A guard of al-Ayyam newspaper building was killed and nine others including six Yemeni soldiers were wounded ...
The National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms, known also as Hood, has appealed the Yemeni government, all local and International human rights bodies to swiftly intervene to save people of al-Jaashin ...
The Commission has approved today a support program to Yemen, in the amount of € 17 million, to help improve Food Security coordination between ...
The United Sates and the United Kingdom closed on Sunday their embassies in Yemen because of increasing threats ...
Yemen's army launched on Sunday heavy attacks against al-Houthi rebels using artillery and armored vehicles in various ...
Numbers of Yemen's opposition leaders have expressed their sorrow about the decease of the opposition's presidential candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan ...
Thousands of Yemenis took part on Saturday in the funeral procession of deceased oppositionist Fisal Bin Shamal ....
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called an international meeting Friday on combating extremism in Yemen, after an alleged attempt to blow up ...
The United States is to double its nearly $ million security assistance program for Yemen, a U.S. military commander ...
New York Times Newspaper described Yemen, in its editorial released on Thursday, as corrupt and repressive, pointing out that President Ali Abdullah ...
A week after U.S. and Yemeni officials said the radical Yemen cleric Anwar Awlaki may have been killed in a U.S.-backed Christmas eve air strike, ...
Yemen and the United States are considering launching new attacks against al-Qaeda hideouts in Yemen after two assaults were conducted against ...
Yemen's security forces clashed on Wednesday with al-Qaeda operatives in Bajil area of Hodeida province...
Yemen's foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said that Yemen doesn't need support from U.S. air strikes , pointing that airstrkies against al-Qaeda targets ...
The Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab accused of trying to destroy a U.S. jetliner last week was in Yemen last month, the Yemeni ...
The Syrian foreign Minster Walid al-Mualim revealed on Tuesday before parliament Syria's efforts to solve the dispute between the Yemeni authorities and the Houthi rebels and a Syrian mediation between ...
An appeal court in Yemen upheld on Tuesday primary sentences of three years in prison against al-Qaeda cell including four operatives known ...
Somali pirates have captured a Yemeni investor's ship called ( Almahmoud 2) off the Gulf of Aden and moved it toward ....
Yemen's affiliate of al-Qaeda has threatened to retaliate against the government's raids assaulted ...
The Yemeni Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms, known as Hood, has denounced punitive administrative measures taken by the Sana'a University administration ....
One person was wounded on Sunday during clashes between armed forces and what is called the southern movement in Dhala city as it tried to compel ..
Hundreds of the displaced of Al-Mazraq camp in the western Yemeni province of Hajjah protested on Saturday as their ...
The Specialized Penal Court in Sana'a sentenced on Saturday an Iranian to death and two others to five years in prison on charges of bringing 1ton and ...
Clashes broke out in al-Qabita area of Lahj province on Saturday between rallies of what is called the southern movement ...
Yemen, in addition to fighting off military challenges in its North and South, is facing a sharp ...
Activists and media practitioners have strongly criticized security services' violations against journalists and activists, indicating that security services ...
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate has formed a particular team to pursue the case of a Yemeni journalist Mohammad al-Maqleh who has been kidnapped ...
Almost 73 Saudi troops had been killed in fighting against al-Houthi rebels in north Yemen, according to Prince Khaled bin Sultan...
Yemen plans to make an official memorandum to the heads of the Gulf football federations to delay the 20th Gulf Cup scheduled to be held in November ...
Former Yemeni presidents Ali Salem al-Beedh and Ali Nasser Mohamed met in Beirut on Sunday, well-informed ...
Deputy Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Shadadi suspended on Monday his parliament membership, protesting attacks launched by the Yemeni government 
Yemeni air forces have launched heavy assaults on Sunday against various areas of Saada governorate, killing numbers of Houthi fighters...
The Dialogue-Preparation Committee established by the main Yemeni opposition parties, the Joint Meeting Parties, has called the ruling party, the General People's Congress, Houthi rebels in Saada and all Yemenis ....
Saudi Arabia's military says it has repelled rocket attacks launched by the Houthi fighters, while capturing several ...
The National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (known also as HOOD) in collaboration with Care organization called on Sunday for conducting ....
A recently-issued German academic study has designated Yemen among those states ...
Main Yemeni opposition parties, the Joint Meeting Parties, in Abyan governorate has denounced assaults launched by Yemeni forces on alleged....
The United States appeared set Friday to repatriate a group of Yemenis held at Guantanamo Bay, perhaps paving the way for the removal ...
Yemen rejects any regional mediation concerning the rebellion in Saada governorate, a senior security official said ...
senior U.S. military official revealed that the U.S. administration backed the Yemeni government in its fight against Houthi rebels in the ...
The General Secretariat of the Yemeni Social Party has condemned what it described abuse and pursuit campaigns practiced against political activists in...
The Dialogue -Preparation Committee established by the main Yemeni opposition parties, the Joint Meeting Parties, has formed special teams to review ...
US Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs says there is no proof that Iran is supporting Houthi fighters ...
Yemen Observatory for Human Rights has demanded to end the attacks against Yemeni news websites, describing the disruption of News...
Yemeni journalists have demanded the international community to immediately interfer to rescue Yemen's journalism and end the prosecuting of...
Saudi authorities have arrested eight Yemeni families including their children residing legally in Saudi ArabiaÒÒÒ
The population of Yemen’s main camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) has doubled over the past few weeks as fighting between...
The US Senate has passed a non-binding resolution urging Washington and its allies to 'use all appropriate measures' to keep Yemen from becoming...
Militants in Zonjobar city of Abyan governorate tried on Tuesday to impose civil disobedience, preventing all people from going to...
WJWC expressed sympathy with the website management, its editors and readers, considering such electronic piracy a crime which its perpetrators must not be ....
Road traffic accidents led to the death of 113 persons and injuring of 693 others during the Eid al-Adha holidays which lasted from 27 November ...
Dengue Fever epidemic has killed dozens of Taiz population amid government indifference, according to health ...
recently established movement, the Popular Movement for Justice and Change, in Taiz province has denounced what it called the Yemeni authorities' repression against peaceful protest of health syndicates that demanded ...
Yemen's Information Ministry has confiscated the last issue of Shababik magazine from Sana'a, Taiz and Hodeida, according to a press release issued ...
Yemeni coastguards in the Gulf of Aden have received a communiqué form Yemeni fishermen that soldiers on the board of an Iranian ship attacked and ...
Yemen's army could check repeated attacks by the Houthi rebels in Saada city during the few past days, inflicting them heavy losses...
The Yemeni Child Parliament has demanded the U.S. administration and congress to ratify the Untied Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child...
The United Nations Committee against Torture called on Yemen on Friday to end the widespread torture of detainees and investigate allegations of ...
While confrontations between the Yemeni army and al-Houthi rebels in the North extended in various fighting fronts, clashes are going on between the Houthis and the Saudi military...
One person was killed and a soldier was wounded in a shootout between anti-government gunmen and the Yemeni security ...
Tens of Yemeni families have arranged a sit-in in Mukla city on Tuesday, demanding to release their relatives detained ...
Long-running tension between the government of Yemen and a rebellious clan in a remote border area has the potential to erupt into a major regional crisis, with media reports suggesting that the tension has the characteristics of a proxy ...
The U.S. ambassador to Yemen Stephen Seche has expressed his concern about violations practiced against journalists and newspapers in Yemen, reaffirming ...
Gunmen have kidnapped a Japanese engineer near the Yemeni capital and want to exchange him for an arrested fellow tribesman...
Correspondent of al-Wasat newspaper in Abyan governorate Ahmed Haider was killed on Thursday while he was covering a clash between security ...
Amnesty International has called Yemen and Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels to treat detainees humanely , protect civilians and strictly ...
The Yemeni opposition coalition, the Joint Meeting Parties, has denounced what it called the authorities exclusionary and inciting rhetoric against the opposition....
The current head of Yemeni opposition alliance, the Joint Meeting Parties, Hassan Zaid has accused the Yemeni regime of planning to totally overturn republican and multiparty systems under the pretext of preparing the ground ...
Houthi rebels in Saada province could shoot down a fighter jet on Sunday in Saada province, said Sahwa ...
Saudi Arabia said Sunday that it has regained control of a mountainous region from ...
President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday the real war in Saada has just started two days ago, considering the pervious conflicts fought by the army ...
Saudi forces battled Yemeni rebels for a fifth straight day on Saturday as medics said seven Saudis and an unknown number of rebelsÒÒÒ
The International Federation of Journalists has condemned the conviction of Sameer Jubran, chief editor of weekly Al-Masdar, and Muneer Al-Maweeri, for insulting ...
The Specialized Penal Court tried a former parliamentarian Ahemed Ba-Mualim on charges of hurting the Yemeni unification and provoking hatred ...
An al-Qaeda affiliate, -Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has claimed its responsibility for the killing of three security ...
Yemeni bodies have forged in collaboration with the Danish Institute a network to defend human rights and freedoms. The network was declared in the following ...
The shoura council of the Islah party in Taiz governorate has urged International agencies to immediately intervene to save Taiz population from Dengue fever, demanding for declaring Taiz governorate as...
Yemeni infiltrators killed on Tuesday a Saudi soldier and wounded 11 others in Saudi-Yemeni border, according to the ...
Members of the Yemeni parliament have demanded to withdraw confidence from the government labeling ...
The Yemeni opposition alliance, the Joint Meeting Parties, arranged on Tuesday a sit-in at the Freedom Square, demanding to bring the attackers of Naif al-Qanis
The New-York- based Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to bring what it labeled " the intensifying judicial and...
A Yemeni senior official, Ali Salim al-Armi, along with three of his escorts were killed in an ambush on Tuesday in Hadramout governorate...
The main Yemeni opposition party , Islah, vividly condemned the attack against Naif al-Qanis, the spokesman of the opposition alliance, the Joint Meeting Parties, holding ...
