Special to WorldTribune.com A group of senior Iranian and Houthi commanders were killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen’s capital on Oct. 23. The air strike targeted the home in Sanaa of former Yemeni Gen. Mohsen Ali Ahmar, an ally of exiled President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, according to media reports in Yemen. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Yemeni forces, bolstered by the Saudi-led coalition, have regained control of one of the world’s most strategic waterways. “The Bab al-Mandab Strait is now under the total control of our troops,” Yemeni Gen. Turki Ahmed told AFP on Oct. 2. The strait was “brought under our control with the help of coalition forces, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Houthi rebels on June 27 launched missiles at a Yemeni oil refinery while 14 people were killed in clashes between the rebels and Saudi-led forces. The missiles started a huge fire at storage tanks at the Aden refinery in the Buraiqah area. The fighting had forced the refinery to shut down operations […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Yemen Army are now battling Shi’ite rebels in the capital of the Arab state. Army units have opened fire on the Iran-backed Houthi movement amid its campaign against the Sanaa government. The Shi’ites have fought gun battles with the army in Sanaa as rebels attacked government buildings and military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Iranian-backed Shi’ites continue to advance toward Yemen’s capital. The Iranian-backed Al Houthi movement, despite the latest ceasefires, has directed its forces toward Sanaa. The Shi’ite rebels were said to have advanced to positions 10 kilometers from Sanaa International Airport. “We will not allow any acts of violence here and there […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen and the United States have launched intense air strikes on Al Qaida. Officials said up to 55 Al Qaida fighters were killed in U.S. and Yemeni air strikes on insurgency camps in the Arab state. The officials said several Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula camps, which contained members […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has been investigating Al Qaida’s infiltration of the Gulf Arab military. Yemeni sources said intelligence agencies were interrogating military officers as well as Islamists in wake of an Al Qaida suicide bombing at the Defense Ministry that killed nearly 60 people last month. The sources said the attack pointed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida was believed to have infiltrated Yemen’s military. Officials acknowledged that Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula might have penetrated the mid-level officer corps of the Yemeni military. The officials said this enabled AQIM to target the Yemeni military and Defense Ministry. “This situation can not be ignored,” a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has reported the capture of a leading Al Qaida agent. Officials said Yemen nabbed a leading operative of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula accused of killing of a senior military commander. The officials said the operative, identified as Omar Salem, was detained in the southeastern province of Hadramaut […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Yemen, in a move meant to promote reconciliation, has reinstated hundreds of military and police officers dismissed under the regime of then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemeni President Abbed Rabbo Mansour Hadi ordered the reinstatement of some 700 military and police officers dismissed by the Saleh regime after the civil […]