
Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces seized the strategic southern port of Aden in Yemen from Shiite Houthi rebels, unexpectedly turning the tide of Yemen’s war in favor of Saudi Arabia, Reuters reports.
by Edwin Mora25 Jul 2015, 8:16 AM PST0

The newest leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has called for a string of attacks on the United States in his first public speech as the newest military commander of a Yemen based al-Qaeda organization.
by Garrett Reno9 Jul 2015, 5:42 PM PST0

CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto reported that a US counterterrorism official he spoke to described the situation in Yemen as “dire” on Thursday’s “Situation Room” on CNN. “I spoke to a US counterterrorism official today who called the situation
by Ian Hanchett2 Apr 2015, 3:41 PM PST0

A French woman in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, has been kidnapped by gunmen amid political crisis and deteriorating security conditions following the takeover of the U.S.-backed Yemeni government by Shiite Houthi rebels, according to various media reports.
by Edwin Mora25 Feb 2015, 11:05 AM PST0

Iranian control of Yemen gives the Mullahs the option of cutting off the sea lanes connecting the Mediterranean to the Indian Oceans. This is a very real threat, as the Iran-backed Houthi rebels consolidate control over Yemen. Most of the West’s oil and most of Western trade with the Far East depends on these sea lanes.
by Spyridon Mitsotakis27 Jan 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

Friday on CBS’s “Evening News,” the former acting director of the CIA, Mike Morell, said al Qaeda in Yemen, who directed the Paris terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo this week, is a credible and dangerous threat to America. Morell said,
by Pam Key9 Jan 2015, 9:42 PM PST0

On September 10, 2014 during his “Presidential Address on Islamic State Threat,” President Barack Obama held up the counter-terrorism battle against al Qaeda in Yemen as the perfect strategy model for how he is planning to defeat ISIS. Obama said,
by Pam Key9 Jan 2015, 9:35 PM PST0