WASHINGTON -- The Yemeni government on Monday and Tuesday stepped up a campaign to recapture southern towns from Islamist insurgents, unleashing airstrikes and ground assaults that left dozens of people dead, including some civilians, according to officials and witnesses on the ground. The fighting intensified just after a visit to Sana, the Yemeni...
The commander of the country's air force agreed to give up his post on Tuesday, easing a political standoff that began weeks ago after some officials loyal to the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, refused orders from the new president, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to step down. Mr. Hadi, who took office in February, has also faced several other...
CAIRO -- Two months after a new president took office, Yemen's fledgling interim government has found itself overwhelmed by a set of dangerous new challenges to the country's stability, including a series of a bold attacks by a resurgent militant movement in the south and a festering political standoff in the capital. In the last few weeks, the new...
Han var præsident af Nord-Yemen fra 1978 til 1990. Derefter blev han præsident af det forenede Yemen. Han blev alvorligt såret i forbindelse med protester mod hans styre i 2011, men efter nogle måneders behandling i Saudi Arabien (hvorimens den nært allierede Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi var fungerende præsident) vendte han tilbage til Yemen. Siden har han gentagende gange lovet at træde tilbage, men er blevet ved magten.