Protests In Yemen

Al Qaeda urges Muslims to kill US diplomats over anti-Islam film

Reuters | Saturday September 15, 2012

The Yemen-based branch of Al Qaeda urged Muslims on Saturday to step up protests and kill US diplomats in Muslim countries over a film denigrating the Prophet Mohammad which it said was another chapter in the "crusader wars" against Islam.

U.S. embassies attacked in Yemen, Egypt after Libya envoy killed

Reuters | Thursday September 13, 2012

Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam and American warships headed to Libya after the death of the U.S. ambassador there in related violence earlier in the wee...

Yemen police kill protester outside US embassy: Official

Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 13, 2012

Yemeni police on Thursday shot dead a protester in renewed confrontations outside the US embassy in Sanaa, shortly after ejecting crowds that stormed the mission's compound, a security official said.

Yemen: Protests over anti-Islam film flare up, US embassy targeted

Agence France-Presse | Thursday September 13, 2012

The protests over an anti-Islam film have turned violent in Yemen where the protesters have stormed the US embassy in Sanaa.

40 killed as violence rages on in Yemen

Associated Press | Saturday September 24, 2011

Fighting raged on Saturday in the Yemeni capital, leaving at least 40 dead as forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled pro-opposition soldiers and moved to clear the protest camp at a Sanaa square that has been the epicenter of the countr...

Yemen President wounded in rocket strike at his palace

Associated Press | Friday June 3, 2011

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when opposition tribesmen determined to topple him hammered his palace with rockets on Friday in a major escalation of nearly two weeks of fighting with government forces. At least four guards were killed and seven top officials were also wounded, an o...

Yemen protests: 41 killed in clashes between security forces and tribal fighters

Associated Press | Wednesday June 1, 2011

Government forces and tribal fighters exchanged gun and artillery fire in Yemen's capital early Wednesday, sending the crackle of gunfire and resounding booms over the city in fresh fighting that killed at least 41 people. The fighting spread to new areas, with tribesmen from the powerful Hasid conf...

Thousands protest in Yemen; Police fire tear gas

Associated Press | Sunday April 3, 2011

Witnesses say thousands of people in southern Yemen took to the streets to demand that their president step down, and that police attacked the demonstrators with tear gas, batons and bullets. Medical officials said at least 200 of the protesters in Taiz were treated on Sunday for fainting or breathi...

Yemen: Snipers open fire on protesters, kill 46

Laura Kasinof, J David Goodman, The New York Times | Saturday March 19, 2011

A massive demonstration against Yemen's government turned into a killing field Friday as snipers methodically fired down on protesters from rooftops and police made a wall of fire with tires and gasoline, blocking a key escape route.At least 46 people died, including some children, in an attack that...

Yemen: One killed, over 100 injured in anti-government protests

Associated Press | Monday March 14, 2011

More than 100 people were injured and one was killed in Yemen on Sunday as police and government supporters attacked protesters in the capital Sanaa, a day after security forces killed at least seven demonstrators in protests around the country.The protesters were camping near Sanaa University, call...

FIFA rules Yemen unsafe for Olympic qualifier

Associated Press | Friday February 25, 2011

FIFA has postponed Yemen's home qualifying match for the 2012 Olympics against Singapore for a second time because of pro-democracy protests in the capital.

Two reported dead in anti-president protests in Yemen

Associated Press | Wednesday February 23, 2011

Two protesters were reportedly killed and around 11 were wounded on Tuesday evening when supporters of Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire in front of the Saana University.Government supporters swinging clubs tried to drive anti-government protesters from a square in Yemen's capital lat...

Battlelines harden across the Mideast as rulers dig in

Jack Healy and J David Goodman, New York Times | Friday February 18, 2011

Security forces and government supporters employed an escalating panoply of violent force - from tear gas and batons to shotguns and grenades - in pitched street battles with anti-government protesters in Libya, Bahrain? and Yemen? on Friday.The clashes followed a week of deepening unrest ...

Thousands of police confront protesters in Yemen

Associated Press | Wednesday February 16, 2011

Authorities flooded the streets of Yemen's capital with 2,000 police Wednesday to try to put down days of Egypt-style demonstrations against the president of 32 years, a key U.S. ally in battling al-Qaida.The policemen, including plainclothes officers, fired in the air and blocked thousands of stude...

After Tunisia, Egypt, revolts in Yemen

Associated Press | Thursday January 27, 2011

Tens of thousands of people are calling for Yemeni President's ouster in protests across the capital inspired by the popular revolt in Tunisia.The demonstrations led by Opposition members and youth activists are a significant expansion of the unrest sparked by the Tunisian uprising, which also inspi...