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End Game in Yemen? Injured Leader Going to Saudi Arabia

President Saleh might not be able to return

(Newser) - The rocket strike that hit the presidential palace in Yemen yesterday may have been more effective than thought: President Ali Abdullah Saleh is going to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment, and once he leaves the country it could be near-impossible for him to return. Reports are sketchy: al-Jazeera says he'...

Yemen President Hurt in Rocket Strike

Meanwhile, government shelling increases

(Newser) - Yemen's president was lightly injured and four top officials wounded when opposition tribesmen struck his palace with rockets, according to a government official. It was the first time that tribesmen have targeted President Ali Abdullah Saleh's palace in nearly two weeks of heavy fighting with government troops in...

41 Killed as Chaos Again Erupts in Yemen

Signs Saleh loyalists are splintering

(Newser) - Firefights again reigned in the streets of Sanaa today, killing at least 41, and a fractured Republican Guard shelled the headquarters of an army brigade commander who was rumored to be defecting to the opposition. Opposition leaders deny that Brigadier-General Mohammed Khalil has defected, but tell the AP that he...

Yemen Edges Toward Civil War as Truce Ends

Saleh's troops fighting both tribal groups and al-Qaeda

(Newser) - The short truce in Yemen that never quite managed to be a truce is over, the government declared today. The development means that Yemen is that much closer to civil war and financial ruin, reports Reuters . President Ali Abdullah Saleh's troops and tribal groups engaged in fierce fighting in...

Yemen Protests: Troops Kill 20 Protesters in Taiz; Military Units Fight al-Qaeda in Zinjibar
 Yemen Troops Kill 20 Protesters 
May 30, 2011 8:58 AM CDT

Yemen Troops Kill 20 Protesters

Meanwhile, military units fight al-Qaeda in Zinjibar

(Newser) - Despite the recent truce in the Yemen capital of Sanaa , fighting rages on in the country, with hundreds of government soldiers firing on protesters in the southern city of Taiz today. A medical official and other witnesses tell the AP at least 20 were killed when the soldiers stormed a...

Yemen Town Falls to al-Qaeda
 Yemen Town Falls to al-Qaeda 
May 29, 2011 10:02 AM CDT

Yemen Town Falls to al-Qaeda

Meanwhile, truce tentatively holding in Sanaa

(Newser) - A coastal Yemen town appears to have fallen completely to al-Qaeda, even as a tentative truce in capital Sanaa took hold, ending more than a week of streetfighting, reports Reuters. But the price was the fall of Zinjibar —which critics charge was a deliberate concession on the part of...

Saudis Forming Anti-Shiite 'Club of Kings'

Royal family moves to form alliance against Iran, uprisings

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia is moving to firm up alliances with Sunni nations in a bid to limit Iran’s influence and stem the tide of revolts in the Arab world. It has asked several countries across the Middle East and Asia, including Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia, to join an informal alliance...

US Pulls Diplomats Out of Yemen

Obama renews calls for Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down

(Newser) - With the situation in Yemen deteriorating rapidly, the US yesterday ordered all nonessential diplomats and the families of all US Embassy staff to leave the country. "The security threat in Yemen is extremely high due to terrorist activity and civil unrest," the State Department writes in a new...

FBI Links Top al-Qaeda Bombmaker to Two US Plots

Fingerprint, forensics link Ibrahim al-Asiri to underwear bomber, cargo bombs

(Newser) - The FBI has now definitively linked top al-Qaeda bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri to a trio of explosives used in two recent attempts to attack the US, via a fingerprint and forensic evidence. Al-Asiri, who works in Yemen with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was already suspected of being involved with the...

Yemen's Saleh Drops Pledge to Step Down

Pro-government protesters trap diplomats in embassy

(Newser) - Yemen’s president has reneged on a promise to step down in a deal arranged by Gulf Arab countries, prompting concerns about the feasibility of a peaceful transition of power in Sanaa. After pro-government demonstrators barred access to and from the UAE embassy yesterday, the Gulf Cooperation Council, which had...

Diplomats Evacuated From Besieged Yemen Embassy

Saleh refuses to sign agreement to oust him

(Newser) - Witnesses say Yemeni army helicopters took US and other ambassadors out of a besieged embassy to the presidential palace to witness ruling party leaders signing an agreement for the president to step down in 30 days. However, state TV says President Ali Abdullah Saleh will not sign the deal unless...

Yemen President Agrees to Sign Exit Deal

Ali Abdullah Saleh expected to sign transition deal today

(Newser) - Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reached an agreement with the opposition and is expected to sign a deal leading to his departure later today. The agreement, modified slightly from the one Saleh refused to sign earlier this month , will ease him from power within one month, Reuters reports. A...

Yemeni Security Forces Fire Rockets at Office Building

And open fire on protesters, killing 3 in Taiz

(Newser) - Yemeni security forces opened fire on protesters today in the flashpoint city of Taiz, chasing them into nearby buildings—one of which they then fired rocket-propelled grenades at, witnesses tell the AP . The explosion set the office building on fire, but there were no reports of casualties there. But medics...

Bin Laden's Youngest Wife 'Easygoing and Confident'

Family described as conservative but not extremist

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's youngest wife, who was injured last week in the raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader, was a "very good overall person," from a large, respected Yemeni family, a relative tells CNN . "The family had no extremist views, even though they came from a...

US Tried to Kill al-Qaeda's Awlaki in Yemen

Drone strike yesterday missed target

(Newser) - The US nearly had an ever bigger week against terrorism leaders: A drone strike in Yemen yesterday was meant to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric who has emerged as a top al-Qaeda leader, reports the Wall Street Journal . The missile did not hit its target, US and Yemeni officials...

Yemen Prez Refusing to Sign Deal

Saleh backs away on eve of signing that would end crisis

(Newser) - Yemen's president is refusing to personally sign the deal that would end that country's political crisis, reports the AP, potentially indicating its collapse. A rep of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which brokered the agreement that would have Ali Abdullah Saleh step down within 30 days, said that...

Yemen Protests Rage Despite Saleh Deal

Skeptical thousands still throng Sanaa square

(Newser) - Thousands of anti-government protesters held their ground today in the Yemeni capital's Change Square despite President Ali Abdullah Saleh's acceptance yesterday of an Arab proposal to leave office after 32 years in power. A coalition of seven opposition political parties also agreed to the proposal with several reservations,...

Yemeni Leader Agrees to Resign

Ali Abdullah Saleh willing to hand over power in weeks

(Newser) - Yemen's embattled president agreed today to a proposal by Gulf Arab mediators to step down within 30 days and hand power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution. It's a major about-face for the autocratic leader who has ruled for 32 years. A coalition of seven...

Yemen Forces Fire at Protesters

Dozens injured as hundreds of thousands take to Sanaa streets

(Newser) - Yemen security forces unleashed gunfire and tear gas on protesters yesterday in Sanaa, where hundreds of thousands had gathered, the BBC reports. At least 30 were reported wounded in the capital. “We neared the Sanaa Trade Centre when police confronted us with tear gas, and suddenly opened heavy gunfire...

Secret Hand in Syria Crackdown: Iran

And it may soon help protesters in Bahrain, Yemen

(Newser) - Iran has a hand in the revolutions currently sweeping the rest of the Arab world. In Syria, Iran is secretly assisting President Bashar al-Assad to quell the pro-democracy demonstrations, US officials say. But in Bahrain and Yemen, Iran is looking to aid Shiite protesters, thus destabilizing the countries—both US...

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