• What's driving Saudi airstrikes in Yemen?

    What's driving Saudi airstrikes in Yemen?

    Mar 26, 2015 11:44 PM EST

    ... of you have referred to this. How much should the U.S. be worried at this point about what has developed -- what is developing in Yemen? DAVID ROTHKOPF: Well, I think we should be worried about what's developed in Yemen as a symptom of what's going on in ...

  • Who will fill Yemen's power vacuum?

    Who will fill Yemen's power vacuum?

    Mar 25, 2015 11:56 PM EST

    ... s clear that the former president is making a play to get back into power. But there are other -- there are other power vacuums in Yemen -- or there's a big power vacuum in Yemen. The Houthi rebels, I guess we will call them, they have swept through the country ...

  • Yemen’s government collapses after rebels offer bounty for President Hadi

    Yemen’s government collapses after rebels offer bounty for President Hadi

    Mar 25, 2015 11:53 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Now to the chaos in Yemen, which seems to be growing with each passing hour, with questions of who's in control. The last vestiges of Yemen's government crumbled as Shiite Houthi rebels advanced on Aden. The pro-American president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, had taken ...

  • Fall of Yemen government leaves U.S. with few options

    Fall of Yemen government leaves U.S. with few options

    Mar 25, 2015 10:18 PM EST

    ... S. ambassador to Yemen, referring to al-Qaida. "The tragedy is that unlike Syria, which never looked like it was going to come out well, Yemen was doing very well on the transition and they could have pulled this thing out," she said. "The Yemenis have responsibility for a lot ...

  • U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen collapses as country descends into chaos

    U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen collapses as country descends into chaos

    Mar 24, 2015 03:10 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Once hailed by President Barack Obama as a model for fighting extremism, the U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen has all but collapsed as the country descends into chaos, according to U.S. and Yemeni officials. Operations against militants have been scaled back dramatically amid the fall of the ...

  • News Wrap: Saudi Arabia promises to defend Yemen from rebel advance

    News Wrap: Saudi Arabia promises to defend Yemen from rebel advance

    Mar 24, 2015 12:03 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: The crumbling situation in Yemen brought a new appeal, and a warning, today. The U.S.-backed president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, called for Gulf Arab nations to intervene against Shiite rebels allied with Iran. On Sunday, the rebels seized Yemen's third largest city, Taiz, and ...

  • US withdraws remaining personnel from Yemen

    US withdraws remaining personnel from Yemen

    Mar 22, 2015 04:24 PM EST

    ... issued Saturday night, the State Department gives no details about how many personnel had remained in Yemen and where they had been relocated. Earlier Saturday, Yemeni security and military officials had said that U.S. troops including Special Forces commandos were evacuating from an air base in southern Yemen. The ...

  • Why violence is on the rise in Yemen

    Why violence is on the rise in Yemen

    Mar 21, 2015 12:00 AM EST

    ... on between various factions of Yemen led by a United Nations envoy. But, realistically, the president of Yemen no longer controls even a quarter of Yemen, and the national has come to a dead end. There is a dead heat, a struggle for power in Yemen. The Houthis are the ...

  • Suicide bombers target mosques in Yemen

    Suicide bombers target mosques in Yemen

    Mar 20, 2015 11:59 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: This was a day of terror in the capital of Yemen. Rebel TV in the city reports at least 137 people died, and some 350 were wounded in a wave of bombings. A stunned witness said blood was running like a river. It was the deadliest attack ...

  • News Wrap: Western countries evacuate embassies in Yemen

    News Wrap: Western countries evacuate embassies in Yemen

    Feb 12, 2015 12:41 AM EST

    ... fighters from 90 countries have joined the militants. That includes up to 150 Americans who've tried to reach the war zone inside Syria. In Yemen, Britain and France joined the U.S. in closing their embassies, as turmoil spread in the capital city. Crowds protested today in Sanaa against ...