Ten Yemeni soldiers are feared dead after a helicopter crash in a Shia insurgent stronghold in the north of the country. Read More Air crash kills 10 Yemen troops
SANAA (AFP) – The Yemeni army said Shiite rebels broke a ceasefire on Friday, just hours after it came into force, killing several soldiers in a string of attacks in the far north of the country. The head of military operations in Saada province, General Mohammed Abdullah al-Qussi, said he himself came under rebel attack. [...]
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | SAN’A, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security forces arrested three suspected al-Qaeda militants from a cell that the U.S. has said was linked to a plot against the American or other embassies, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The arrests were the latest move in ’s U.S.-backed crackdown on al-Qaeda’s offshoot [...]
Several nations, including the U.S. and Britain, have closed or limited service at their embassies in Yemen after al Qaeda threatened attacks.
Read More Terror threat shuts Yemen embassies