Mar 28 US rescues Saudi pilots from waters near Yemen By Associated Press A Defense Department official says U.S. forces rescued two Saudi airmen after they ejected from an F-15 fighter jet over waters south of Yemen, where Saudi Arabia is leading airstrikes against Iran-allied Houthi rebels. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 7:31 News Wrap: Germanwings co-pilot was hiding illness, say prosecutors By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, no suicide note was found in the search of the home of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, but a torn-up doctor’s note suggests that he was hiding an illness from employers before he crashed a plane… Continue watching
Mar 27 Unicef warns of a looming humanitarian crisis in Yemen By Shehryar Nabi As Saudi airstrikes against Houthi rebels enter their second day, Unicef has cautioned that a humanitarian crisis in Yemen could become reality within a year. Continue reading
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 25 Fall of Yemen government leaves U.S. with few options By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press he hasty maritime departure of Yemen's U.S.-backed president Wednesday illustrated how completely one of the most important American counterterrorism efforts has disintegrated, leaving the country wide open for what could be a deeply destabilizing proxy war between Saudi Arabia and… Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch 3:23 News Wrap: Obama says Israeli-Palestinian peace improbable By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama declared the Israeli-Palestinian peace process all but over, in the wake of pre-election comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he appeared to rule out endorsing a Palestinian state. Also, forces loyal… Continue watching
Mar 24 U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Yemen collapses as country descends into chaos By Julie Pace, Ken Dilanian, Associated Press 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. Continue reading