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US Unable to Account for $500 Million Military Aid to Yemen
2015-03-20 Read More...
The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) admitted that it is unable to account for more than 500 million USD worth of military aid given to Yemen from

Gulf States Slam Houthi “Coup d’Etat” in Yemen
2015-01-23 Read More...
The Gulf Cooperation Council on Wednesday slammed the acts of Houthi rebels in Yemen as “terrorist” and called on the Shiite group to vacate the Presidential Palace and release a Presidential Aide.

Yemeni President Names New Defense, Interior Ministers
2014-11-10 Read More...
Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi announced a new cabinet on Friday including members of the Houthi group that seized the capital Sanaa in September, Al Arabiya correspondent in Sanaa reported, in a move that could help calm tensions in the

Yemen’s President Meets US Homeland Security Official
2014-09-08 Read More...
Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (photo) met on Saturday with U.S. Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco, reported the Yemeni News Agency SABA.

Yemen’s Chief-of-Staff Meets Kuwait’s Military Attaché
2014-05-21 Read More...
Yemeni Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff Major-General Ahmad Al-Ashwal (photo) held talks with Kuwait's non-resident Military Attaché in Sana’a Navy Captain Hamdi Abdullah Al-Habib on military cooperation between the two

Yemen’s Defense Minister Escapes Assassination Attempt
2014-05-12 Read More...
Suspected al Qaeda-linked gunmen attacked Yemen's Presidential Palace on Friday and tried to kill the Defense Minister in his car, selecting high profile targets in apparent reprisal for the army's biggest push against militants in nearly two

Yemen’s Army Mounts Major Offensive Against al Qaeda
2014-05-01 Read More...
Yemeni troops backed by Air Force planes attacked al Qaeda bastions in the south of the country on Tuesday to try to eradicate the Islamist militant group that has killed hundreds of people in Yemen since

Yemen, Russia Discuss Enhancing Military Cooperation
2014-04-25 Read More...
Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed met in Sana’a on Wednesday with Director General of the Department of Military Cooperation for the Middle East and North Africa in the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei

Al-Qaeda Claims Attack on Yemen Army Headquarters
2014-04-03 Read More...
Al-Qaeda has claimed an attack on a Yemeni Army headquarters in a tightly secured district of Aden in which 20 people died, most of them militants, a monitoring group said

Yemen’s President Accuses Iran of Supporting Separatists
2014-04-02 Read More...
Yemen’s President called on Iran to stop meddling in the country’s internal politics, according to comments published in the pan-Arab al-Hayat newspaper on

Yemen’s Parliament Calls for Drone Attacks to Stop
2013-12-18 Read More...
Yemen’s Parliament called for a stop to drone attacks in a symbolic vote that reflected growing public anxiety about Washington’s use of the unmanned aircraft to combat al Qaeda in the impoverished

Car Bomb Rocks Yemen’s Defense Ministry
2013-12-06 Read More...
At least 25 people were killed and dozens wounded after a car bomb rocked the Defense Ministry in the capital Sanaa on

Yemen Receives 1st U.S. Reconnaissance Aircraft
2013-09-18 Read More...
Yemen's Defense Minister said his country has received two U.S. reconnaissance airplanes, its first delivery of the aircraft as part of an aid package to help fight

Yemeni President Reinstates Sacked Senior Officers
2013-09-16 Read More...
Yemen's President has ordered the reinstatement of hundreds of Senior Army and Intelligence Officers sacked after a 1994 civil war, to hasten reconciliation talks aimed at ending years of political turmoil in the US-allied

Yemen’s President Reshuffles Top Army Positions
2013-04-11 Read More...
Yemen’s President removed the Commander of the elite Republican Guard, a powerful political foe, from the military on Wednesday, state television reported, in an apparent move to unify the divided Armed Forces under his own

Yemen Asks Iran to Stop Backing Armed Groups
2013-02-11 Read More...
Yemen’s President has asked his Iranian counterpart to stop backing armed groups on its soil after coastguards seized a consignment of missiles and rockets believed sent by the Islamic Republic, a government official said on

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