Apr 07 Watch 7:04 What drove a small sect to take control of Yemen? By PBS News Hour The U.S. will speed up delivery of arms and intelligence to Saudi Arabia for the fight against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the State Department. How did the Houthis rise to stage a government coup? Gwen Ifill learns more from… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch 3:22 Yemen chaos takes another sharp turn with Saudi airstrikes By PBS News Hour In Yemen’s capital Sanaa, people awoke overnight to explosions as Saudi jets bombarded military targets. The goal of the operation, which killed at least 18 civilians, was to drive out Shiite Houthi rebels who have taken over much of the… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch 7:30 What’s driving Saudi airstrikes in Yemen? By PBS News Hour Yemen has become the latest flashpoint in a long conflict between Tehran and Riyadh for regional dominance. What do the new developments mean for an already smoldering Sunni-Shia split in the Middle East? Judy Woodruff talks to David Rothkopf of… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 5:13 Who will fill Yemen’s power vacuum? By PBS News Hour In Yemen, Houthi Shiite rebels now control the capital, have spread south and west, and are making an advance on Aden, driving out President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi. Who will rise to power and how does the turmoil affect the… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 1:31 Yemen’s government collapses after rebels offer bounty for President Hadi By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 1:58 Suicide bombers target mosques in Yemen By PBS News Hour In Yemen's capital city Sanaa, four bombings rocked two crowded mosques during Friday prayers. At least 137 people were killed, according to a report. The mosques are controlled by Shiite “Houthi” rebels who stormed the capital last fall and control… Continue watching
Feb 06 Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim takeover of country By Larisa Epatko In a televised announcement Friday from Yemen’s capital Sanaa, the powerful Houthi Shiite rebel group claimed to have dissolved parliament and taken over the country. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 5:53 Clashes raise fears of power vacuum in vulnerable Yemen By PBS News Hour In Yemen, Shia rebels known as Houthis battled with government forces at the presidential palace, and have also vowed to wipe out al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Abdulwahab Alkebsi of the Center for International Private Enterprise tells Judy Woodruff that… Continue watching