Yemen Protests

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  Thousands Of Yemenis Protest Year-Long Coalition Campaign

  Thousands of Yemenis rallied in the rebel-held capital on Saturday to denounce the Saudi-led coalition that launched a military campaign against the country's insurgents a year ago.

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  Thousands Stage Anti-Houthi Protests Across Yemen

  Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets on Saturday in the biggest demonstrations yet against the Houthi group that dominates the country, two days after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's resignation left the country in political limbo.

• Five Wounded in South Yemen Independence Protest

  Five protesters were wounded as Yemeni police stopped southern separatists from marching towards the governorate building in the south's main city of Aden on Sunday, activists and medics said.

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

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

• Yemen crisis: Saleh signs deal to transfer power

  Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh says he will cooperate fully with his country's new proposed unity government after he signed an agreement to transfer power to his vice president.

• Yemeni clerics call for presidential elections

  More than 100 influential religious clerics and tribal leaders called for the Yemeni President's ouster and elections to choose a new leader, adding their weight to the Opposition movement seeking to end nearly 33 years of autocratic rule by Ali Abdullah Saleh.The President, who has clung to power despite four months of protests, is undergoing trea...

• Yemeni President wounded as tribesmen attack palace

  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. Seven guards were killed and eight senior figures from Saleh's regime were wounded.The attack was a stunning hit on Saleh's leader...

• Yemen President wounded in rocket strike at his palace

  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 official said.The official said Saleh suffered ligh...

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

  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 confederation seizing buildings in neighbourhoods in t...

• President Saleh must go now, demand Yemen protesters

  Deep divisions within Yemen's opposition appeared to doom an Arab proposal for the president to step down within a month, raising the prospect of more bloodshed and instability in a nation already beset by deep poverty and conflict.President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled for 32 years, agreed on Saturday to the Gulf Cooperation Council's formula...

• Yemen President Saleh agrees to quit

  Yemen's embattled president agreed today to a proposal by Gulf Arab mediators to step down within 30 days and hand power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution, a major about-face for the autocratic leader who has ruled for 32 years.The protest movement demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh's immediate departure said today that it...

• Yemen: Troops fire on crowds, US seeks Saleh's exit

  Security forces and plainclothes gunmen opened fire on crowds of Yemenis marching through a southern city Monday, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens, in an intensifying crackdown on protesters demanding an end to the 32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Witnesses described troops and gunmen, some on nearby rooftops, firing wildly on t...

• Thousands protest in Yemen; Police fire tear gas

  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 breathing problems caused by tear gas. They say three pro...

• Flipping again, Yemen president vows to stay

  A day after he said he was ready to yield power to "safe hands," President Ali Abdullah Saleh asserted Saturday that his departure was not imminent, leaving unclear when and under what terms he would agree to step down. His statement was the latest pivot in back-and-forth negotiations over a transfer of power, even as Mr. Saleh tries to frame the t...

• Yemen unrest: President Saleh to step down by year end

  Yemen's embattled U.S.-backed president pledged to step down by year's end but vowed not to hand power to military commanders who have joined the opposition in defections that he branded as an attempted coup, a spokesman said Tuesday.There was no immediate response from the opposition, which has won the loyalty of influential clergy and tribal lead...