Tag: Saleh
All options open to end Algerian crisis
Algeria’s army chief said the military was considering all options to resolve the national political crisis and warned “time is running out”, after weeks...
Saleh, quitting or dancing on the heads of snakes
After months of evasion, procrastination and defiance, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh had one more surprise up his sleeve: he signed a...
Yemen gunmen kill five in Sanaa, 17 dead in south
Gunmen killed at least five people protesting against a deal to end the rule of Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen's capital a...
Yemen tribes hit base near capital, take weapons
Yemeni tribesmen opposed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh said they stormed a military base near the capital used by troops loyal to...
Progress seen in talks on power transfer in Yemen
Diplomatic efforts to ease Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power and end months of protests have made some headway, an opposition...
Yemen’s Saleh stalling on power handover – opposition
Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh is refusing to hand over power and resisting a U.N.-backed plan to end months of political paralysis...
Yemen’s Saleh says intent on power transfer
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he is intent on leaving office in line with a Gulf-brokered power transfer plan and lashed...
Car ploughs into Yemeni protest march, injuring 15
Fifteen people were injured four of them critically, when a car was driven into a protest march in the Yemeni capital calling...
Breakthrough on Yemen power transfer near – EU envoy
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has moved a step closer to handing power to his deputy by accepting a UN formula to...
Yemen’s conflicts hasten state collapse
Even if negotiators manage to prise President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power, Yemen's descent into anarchy and deprivation looks irreversible, posing vast...
Yemen’s Saleh welcomes U.N. resolution on power shift
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, facing an increasingly entrenched uprising against his rule, on Monday welcomed a U.N. Security Council resolution urging...
Three killed in Yemen violence
Gunfire and shelling in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed two people medics said, two days after the United Nations issued a resolution...
Yemen’s Saleh wants global guarantees to sign deal
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he would sign a Gulf peace deal calling for a transfer of power only if the...
Yemeni government troops battle opponents, 8 dead
At least eight people were killed in Yemen's capital Sanaa in overnight clashes between government forces and fighters allied with activists demanding...
Eight Yemenis killed, Saleh sees Russian, Chinese support
Eight Yemenis, including five protesters, were killed in a new upsurge in violence in the capital hospital officials and witnesses said,...
Yemeni opposition doubts Saleh pledge to quit soon
Yemeni officials rowed back from President Ali Abdullah Saleh's statement that he would step down within "the coming days," and opponents dismissed...
Yemen general – West cuts counter-terrorism aid
The United States and other Western donors have cut counter-terrorism aid to Yemen's army during eight months of mass protests against President...
Yemeni troops shell anti-Saleh forces
Yemeni soldiers loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened artillery fire late against armed fighters supporting protesters in the southern city of...
In Yemen, soldiers blur lines of peaceful protests
The line between protesters and mutinying soldiers backing them is becoming increasingly blurred in Yemen's eight-month revolt against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's...
Yemen protester stand firm after Saleh disappoints
Yemeni protesters vowed to increase the pressure on Ali Abdullah Saleh after the president offered no clear path to a handover of...
Attack on Yemen opposition camp kills 17
Mortar shells and sniper fire struck an opposition protest camp in Sanaa and President Ali Abdullah Saleh's main military rival said the...
Yemen’s Saleh calls for early elections, violence goes
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh made no pledge to step down in his first address to the nation since returning home, calling...
Clashes escalate in Yemen after crackdown
At least 56 people were killed over two days in the deadliest crackdown yet on pro-democracy protesters in Sanaa, triggering fierce gun...
At least 26 killed in anti-Saleh march in Yemen
At least 26 people were shot dead and hundreds wounded when security forces fired on demonstrators who charged police lines in Yemen's...
Explosions shake Yemen capital, blasts in south
Explosions and gunfire shook a northern district of Sanaa, in one of the worst breaches of a cease-fire between tribesmen opposed to...
Saleh empowers deputy to sign Yemen transition deal
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has authorised his vice president to sign a power transition plan after a dialogue with the opposition,...
Yemen’s Saleh commits to presidential elections – agency
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has clung to power despite a wave of protests against his 33-year rule, said he was...
President Saleh vows to return to Yemen “soon”
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said he would soon return home from Saudi Arabia where he is recovering from a June assassination...
Yemen opposition asks West to freeze Saleh assets
A leading member of Yemen's opposition called on Western countries to freeze the assets of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is clinging...
Civil war fears chill traumatised Yemen neighbourhood
In Sanaa's battle-scarred Hasaba neighbourhood, the distant chanting of protesters demanding the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh is punctuated by gunfire...
Yemen President Saleh leaves Saudi hospital – sources
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh left hospital in Saudi Arabia government and medical sources said, two months after suffering severe injuries in...
Yemen’s Saleh calls for Ramadan talks to end crisis
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh called for dialogue with his opponents during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan to help resolve a...
Saleh clings to power while unrest rises in south
Yemen's president, in hospital in Riyadh, will not cede power until he returns to oversee a transition, a Yemeni cabinet official said...
Yemen soldiers killed in south, 300 defect – opposition
At least 26 Yemeni government soldiers and 17 Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda were killed in heavy fighting for control of...
Yemen foils Qaeda attack, Saleh speech seen on Tuesday
Yemen said its security forces had foiled a planned al Qaeda attack in the southern province of Aden.
Separately, a ruling party leader...
Yemen detains prison officials over al Qaeda escape
Yemeni authorities have detained the director of a prison for questioning over the escape of 63 al Qaeda inmates earlier this week,...
Yemen’s Saleh to reappear as violence grips south
Wounded Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, not seen in public since an attack on his palace in early June, is well enough...
Gulf states vow to seek end to Yemeni crisis
Yemen's Gulf neighbours renewed an offer to mediate in Yemen's bloody political crisis, but offered no formula to break a deadlock over...
