• United States closes embassy in Yemen

    United States closes embassy in Yemen

    Feb 10, 2015 11:06 PM EST

    ... terrorism operations in Yemen will continue. Under President Hadi, and his predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the US was able to conduct extensive counter operations in Yemen. Most notably, they have launched dozens of sometimes controversial drone attacks against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - the Yemen based branch of the ...

  • Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim takeover of country

    Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim takeover of country

    Feb 06, 2015 05:16 PM EST

    ... forcing President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to resign. The Houthi group, which formed in 1992, has gradually increased its influence from its base in northern Yemen by taking over other cities and towns. As part of the minority Shiite Muslim community, they have claimed to be marginalized and persecuted. Yemen ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. embassy in Yemen closed to public amid turmoil

    News Wrap: U.S. embassy in Yemen closed to public amid turmoil

    Jan 27, 2015 12:53 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: In other news of the day: The U.S. Embassy in Yemen closed to the public as unrest roiled the Arab nation. Street protests stretched into a second week in the capital city, Sanaa. Demonstrators are angry over a power grab by Shiite rebels that prompted the ...

  • Obama: Upheaval in Yemen has not affected US counterterrorism ops

    Obama: Upheaval in Yemen has not affected US counterterrorism ops

    Jan 25, 2015 05:33 PM EST

    NEW DELHI -- President Barack Obama says the political vacuum in Yemen hasn't affected U.S. counterterrorism operations inside the Middle Eastern country. He says that news reports to the contrary are inaccurate, and he says the U.S. continues to pursue terrorist targets inside Yemen. Yemen was thrown into ...

  • Five reasons Americans should be concerned about the crisis in Yemen

    Five reasons Americans should be concerned about the crisis in Yemen

    Jan 23, 2015 08:37 PM EST

    ... it an approach "that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years." Gwen Ifill spoke with Gregory Johnsen, author of "The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia" about the roots of Yemen's “slow-motion” collapse and what it means for Western counterterrorism ...

  • Why Yemen’s political implosion is dangerous for the U.S.

    Why Yemen’s political implosion is dangerous for the U.S.

    Jan 23, 2015 12:38 AM EST

    ... Houthis themselves are very much a local Yemeni group. They have grievances that stretch back to the 1960s, in which the former religious ruler of Yemen was overthrown. There have been six separate wars that have been fought between the Yemeni government and the Houthis up in the north in ...

  • Yemen president's resignation complicates closure of Guantanamo

    Yemen president's resignation complicates closure of Guantanamo

    Jan 22, 2015 08:16 PM EST

    ... two-thirds of the remaining 122 detainees are from Yemen, including 47 of the 54 who have been approved for transfer. After languishing since 2010, Yemenis have started to move out of Guantanamo in the past two months. A dozen Yemenis have been sent to third countries since November, including ...

  • Yemen president resigns under pressure from Shiite rebels

    Yemen president resigns under pressure from Shiite rebels

    Jan 22, 2015 06:48 PM EST

    Yemen President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi resigned his post to parliament on Thursday amid a standoff with Yemen's Houthi movement. According to the Associated Press, Hadi, a U.S. ally against his country's al-Qaida group, resigned after continued pressure to concede further political power to the Houthi ...

  • Clashes raise fears of power vacuum in vulnerable Yemen

    Clashes raise fears of power vacuum in vulnerable Yemen

    Jan 20, 2015 01:45 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: The ongoing conflict in Yemen intensified today. The country's been a stronghold for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the most active and dangerous branches of the Islamic terror network. Today, violence rocked the country. Gunfire and explosions erupted in Yemen's capital city ...

  • Terrorist training of Paris attacker puts spotlight on Yemen

    Terrorist training of Paris attacker puts spotlight on Yemen

    Jan 13, 2015 01:19 AM EST

    ... jihad, they go. Many more than their numbers would suggest went to Afghanistan. Then, what you had was the formation within Yemen of Saudi and Yemeni branches. They combined to create this al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The Saudis are very tough on people like that. The Yemenis do ...