Archive: yemen
6th August 2009
Official sources in Yemen said yesterday that “outlaws” planted two bombs outside government buildings in Abyan province. One exploded near a police building, blowing a hole in a fence. A larger device consisting of a mine and a timer was defused near the Central Organisation for Control and… Read more
5th August 2009
NewsYemen says three soldiers died when Houthi rebels attacked a hospital in Sakain area on Monday and 13 rebels were killed in al-Hesama district close to the Saudi border yesterday.
NewsYemen adds that farmers are suffering from the conflict. Roadblocks set up by the army and the rebels prevent… Read more
4th August 2009
Mediation by a tribal leader from the Socialist Party has secured a truce between Houthi rebels and armed supporters of the Islah Party in al-Jawf province (north-eastern Yemen), according to the Yemen Observer.
The Shi’a and Sunni rivals had been fighting for a couple of weeks with light and… Read more
3rd August 2009
You will be pleased to hear that even if Yemen is on the brink of turning into a failed state, its banking sector is in fine fettle and unaffected by the global financial crisis.
The central bank’s governor, Ahmad al-Samawi, delivered the good news on Saturday and also “reviewed developments… Read more
1st August 2009
Not to be sidelined amid Yemen’s growing mayhem (the Houthi rebellion alone has cost 338 civilian lives during the last 12 months according to government figures), al-Qaeda elements attacked a military vehicle in the eastern province of Marib on Thursday.
AFP says three soldiers died in the ambush… Read more
1st August 2009
Not to be sidelined amid Yemen’s growing mayhem (the Houthi rebellion alone has cost 338 civilian lives during the last 12 months according to government figures), al-Qaeda elements attacked a military vehicle in the eastern province of Marib on Thursday.
AFP says three soldiers died in the ambush… Read more
31st July 2009
Following the death threat to the head of al-Jazeera's bureau in Yemen, sahwa.net (the Islah party's website) reports that Naif al-Qanis, the spokesman of the Joint Meeting Parties (the opposition alliance) "was threatened on Thursday with killing by a caller who claimed that he was the president… Read more
29th July 2009
It’s a sobering thought that despite all the turmoil in Yemen there are people who look to it as a haven of safety.
Almost a quarter of a million Somalis have fled their homes since May 7 to escape fighting in Mogadishu and up to 12,000 of them have gathered in the northern town of Bossasso, hoping… Read more
25th July 2009
Numerous violent incidents reported from southern Yemen on Saturday suggest the situation is deteriorating rapidly:
The house of Abyan governor Ahmed Al-Miysari was attacked with light and medium-sized weapons; no casualties.
The home of the director of political security in Abyan was also attacked… Read more
25th July 2009
There are conflicting reports of the latest attacks by Houthi rebels in northern Yemen.
The Yemen Post says seven soldiers were killed on Thursday and Friday in al-Khamees district of Saada province. AFPquotes a military source as saying: "Clashes broke out after Houthi rebels attacked army bases… Read more
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