An Iranian diplomat has said remarks by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh that Tehran was interfering in his country’s internal affairs were “unwise.” The diplomat, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said on Monday that Iran had always stood by the people of Yemen and wished nothing but security and peace for them. Saleh [...]

At least 15 people, including five soldiers, have been injured in clashes between Yemeni security forces and separatists in the south. Clashes erupted after police backed by army units tried to arrest a number of pro-independence activists in the southern Yemeni province of Dhala. According to local accounts, security forces imposed a curfew and blocked [...]

The Yemeni army has accused the Houthi fighters of breaking a ceasefire, only hours after it came into effect. The Houthis have killed three soldiers in Iqab and a fourth in Al-Ain district while some others have suffered injuries in the country’s north on Friday, claimed the head of military operations in Sa’ada province, General [...]

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ordered the suspension of direct flights from Yemen to the UK until stronger security measures are establish. “We have agreed with Yemenia airlines — pending enhanced security — that they suspend their direct flights to the UK from Yemen with immediate effect,” Brown said in a statement on counter-terrorism [...]

Yemen’s Houthi fighters have offered to hold talks with the government on the condition that it halts its attacks on the Shias. A statement on the Houthis’ website publicized the intention for dialogue on Friday. A spokesman for the fighters said the proposal had come after President Ali Abdullah Saleh urged the Houthis to accept [...]

US Nobel Peace Prize laureate President Barack Obama has signed the order for a recent military strike on Yemen in which scores of civilians, including children, have been killed, a report says. Upon the orders of Obama, the military warplanes on Thursday blanketed two camps in the North of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, claiming there [...]

A meeting between the Yemeni president and a US delegation led by John McCain instigated the new round of fighting in northern Yemen, a report says. At the time of the meeting, back in August, it was announced that the former US presidential candidate was meeting with Ali Abdullah Saleh to discuss the possibility of [...]

As Yemen continues its military campaign against the Houthi fighters in the north, US President Barack Obama offers assistance to battle Shia Muslims. On Sunday, President Ali Abdullah Saleh received a letter from Obama, which pledged economic aid and assistance in fighting terrorism, the Yemeni SABA news agency reported. “The security of Yemen is vital [...]