List of Yemen articles
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Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units deploy in the city of Baiji, north of Tikrit, as they fight alongside Iraqi forces against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group to try to retake the strategic town for a second time, on June 9, 2015. Baghdad regained control of Baiji -- located on the road to IS hub Mosul and near the country's largest oil refinery -- last year, but subsequently lost it again. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read ) This Map Explains the Saudi-Iran Proxy War
Here's what the region's geopolitical and sectarian divides look like.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 04: U.S. President Barack Obama looks on as King Salman bin Abd alAziz of Saudi Arabia speaks during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House September 4, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The President and the King were expected to discuss various issues including joint security and counter-terrorism efforts (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) Saudi Arabia’s Last-Ditch Effort to Stop America’s Pivot to Iran
Did Riyadh execute Nimr to show the West that Tehran is still a loose cannon?
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URIBE, COLOMBIA: Members of the revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla forces, (L-R) Ivan Rios, an unidentified woman fighter, Joaquin Gomez, Marcos Calarca, Jairo and Pedro Aldana, arrive in Uriba, Colombia, 25 October 1999, for a new round of peace talks with government representatives. The talks resumed 24 October 1999 after months of delays and setbacks renewing hopes for an end to more than three decades of civil war. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) Stories You Missed in 2015
From the winding down of Colombia's 50-year war to Ireland's booming economy, here are the stories that flew under the radar this year.
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SANAA, YEMEN - MAY 11: Fire and smoke rise after Saudi-led warplanes bombed weapon storage sites held by Shiite Houthi militant group in Yemeni capital Sanaa on May 11, 2015. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Flexing New Powers, Congress to Review Arms Shipments to Saudi Arabia
Concerned about the rising death toll in Yemen, a Senate panel wants more oversight of $1.29 billion in U.S. weapons shipments to Riyadh.
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Smoke billows from buildings after reported air-strikes by the Saudi-led coalition on arms warehouses at al-Dailami air base, controlled by Yemeni Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels and their allies, on September 6, 2015, north of the capital Sanaa. Powerful explosions shook the Yemeni capital, witnesses said, after the Saudi-led coalition vowed to press its air war following a rebel missile strike that killed dozens of Gulf soldiers. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) In Yemen, a Saudi War Fought With U.S. Help
Riyadh's air campaign has killed hundreds of civilians -- and it wouldn't be happening without the Pentagon.
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A Yemeni boy plays on a fishing boat beached in the southern port city of Aden on November 3, 2015, following a tropical cyclone that has slammed into the war-racked country. Packing winds of more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour, Cyclone Chapala made landfall in the southeastern provinces of Hadramawt and Shabwa, Minister of Fisheries Fahd Kafain told AFP. AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI (Photo credit should read SALEH AL-OBEIDI/AFP/Getty Images) There’s Another Cyclone off the Yemeni Coast. That’s Not Normal.
Unusual weather patterns spell more trouble for Yemen.
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494678334 Top State Department Official: Saudis Finally Get That Yemen Is a Problem
The devastating humanitarian situation in war-torn Yemen has become so bleak that Saudi Arabia is now finally serious about finding a political resolution to the crisis, a top State Department diplomat said Wednesday.
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Bahah Can This Man Save Yemen?
Vice President Khaled Bahah is trying to push back the Islamic State and make peace with his Houthi rivals. But progress is hard to come by in war-wracked Yemen these days.
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Yemeni demonstrators hold a huge poster bearing a slogan, against ongoing military operations and airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen, during a protest in front of the United Nations (UN) office in the capital Sanaa on October 18, 2015, . AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) Human Rights Groups Call On U.N. to Launch War Crimes Probe in Yemen
Humanitarian aid organizations say Security Council investigation is needed in Yemen, where the war pitting Houthi rebels against Saudi Arabia's airstrikes shows no signs of letting up.
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A Yemeni boy (C) walks past a mural depicting a US drone and reading " Why did you kill my family" on December 13, 2013 in the capital Sanaa. A drone strike on a wedding convoy in Yemen killed 17 people, mostly civilians, medical and security sources said, adding grist to mounting criticism of the US drone war. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) The Intercept’s ‘Drone Papers’ Revelations Mandate a Congressional Investigation
Sadly, that will never happen under the Obama administration’s watch.
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Smoke rises above the Alhva camp, east of the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on April 17, 2015, following an alleged air strike by the Saudi-led alliance on Shiite Huthi rebels camps. Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi fled the country for Riyadh as the rebels supported by Iran advanced south, provoking the Saudi-led coalition to begin air strikes. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Support for Saudi Strikes in Yemen Raises War Crime Concerns
A top American lawmaker says the Obama administration’s military assistance to Riyadh may violate U.S. law.
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GettyImages-488737310 Yemen Doesn’t Need the Obama Administration’s ‘Deep Concern’
It needs help ending the war that has led to a humanitarian crisis.
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GettyImages-462345144saudiscrop Exclusive: As Air War Intensifies, Saudi Arabia Launches Charm Offensive Before U.N. Summit
With Yemeni civilian deaths mounting, the Saudi government is pulling out all the stops to head off an independent human rights inquiry.
