• Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly blasts in Yemen

    Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly blasts in Yemen

    Sep 02, 2015 06:36 PM EST

    The Islamic State group in Yemen is claiming responsibility for two bombings in the capital of Sanaa Reuters reports. So far, the attacks have left at least 20 people dead and dozens of others injured. The total death toll is expected to rise. The blasts occurred at a mosque in ...

  • In Yemen, people ‘begging for food' amid bombings and blockades

    In Yemen, people ‘begging for food' amid bombings and blockades

    Jul 28, 2015 08:16 PM EST

    In a Skype interview, Tariq Riebl, Oxfam’s head of program in Yemen, describes the worsening situation on the ground. A new Oxfam report says fighting and economic blockades in Yemen are making food prices soar and causing an additional 25,000 people to go hungry each day. Even before ...

  • News Wrap: Yemen airstrikes resume despite cease-fire

    News Wrap: Yemen airstrikes resume despite cease-fire

    Jul 27, 2015 10:40 PM EST

    ... work to do. GWEN IFILL: The blast killed a Kenyan diplomat, a Chinese embassy guard and two journalists, among others. JUDY WOODRUFF: Airstrikes resumed in Yemen today, shortly after a midnight humanitarian cease-fire went into effect. The Saudi-led coalition pounded Houthi targets near the rebel-held military base ...

  • Southern opposition forces in Yemen battle Houthis

    Southern opposition forces in Yemen battle Houthis

    Jun 07, 2015 07:20 PM EST

    A group of local militias calling themselves the Southern Popular Resistance have been fighting to expel Houthi fighters from the southern regions of Yemen. Currently the Southern Popular Resistance is centralized around the southern Yemeni city of Aden, a site of intense anti-Houthi bombing by the Saudi coalition. Fighters ...

  • This filmmaker wants you to see what breakdancing in Yemen is like

    This filmmaker wants you to see what breakdancing in Yemen is like

    May 13, 2015 08:16 PM EST

    ... violence dissolve to reveal a different side of war-torn and poverty-stricken worlds. Weaving through the streets and ghettos of Uganda, Colombia, Cambodia and Yemen -- where filming took place days before mass protests and rioting broke out in the Middle East -- the documentary depicts the lives of b-boys ...

  • Yemen clashes intensify ahead of humanitarian cease-fire

    Yemen clashes intensify ahead of humanitarian cease-fire

    May 11, 2015 10:42 PM EST

    ... GWEN IFILL: Fighting raged across Yemen today on land and in the air, in the countdown to a cease-fire. In recent weeks, more than 1,400 people have been killed, and 150,000 forced to flee, in what's become a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran ...

  • News Wrap: U.S., Saudi Arabia call for five-day Yemen cease-fire

    News Wrap: U.S., Saudi Arabia call for five-day Yemen cease-fire

    May 07, 2015 10:37 PM EST

    ... this major opportunity to address the needs of the Yemeni people and find a peaceful way forward in Yemen. GWEN IFILL: The humanitarian situation in Yemen has worsened sharply since the Saudi bombing campaign began in March. The U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator in Yemen says about 1,400 people ...

  • Kerry hopes to win pause in Yemen war as he heads to talks

    Kerry hopes to win pause in Yemen war as he heads to talks

    May 06, 2015 04:16 PM EST

    ... they weigh a response. To help ease the growing need for food, water and shelter, Kerry announced $68 million in new U.S. aid to Yemen. An additional $2 million will be provided to help Djibouti deal with an influx of Yemeni refugees. A sleepy coastal nation in the Horn ...

  • How Iran views Yemen conflict, nuclear sanctions

    How Iran views Yemen conflict, nuclear sanctions

    Apr 22, 2015 10:43 PM EST

    ... them, but just they're -- as you said yourself, there's so much scrutiny, it's hard for them to physically bring these weapons to Yemen. And then I have been in Yemen once. It is a country awash with weapons. So I also don't know how many weapons ...

  • Why Saudi Arabia rolled back its Yemen military action

    Why Saudi Arabia rolled back its Yemen military action

    Apr 21, 2015 10:16 PM EST

    ... GWEN IFILL: Saudi Arabia abruptly announced an end today to a month-long air campaign against Shiite rebels in Yemen. The Saudis and their Sunni allies said they will focus on political efforts, but continue military action as needed. At the same time, a senior rebel leader said a ...