Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh

Where Is Saleh Heading?

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Yemen's outgoing president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had medical treatment in the United States, left the country on T...

Saleh Heads To New York

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.29.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh headed to the United States on Saturday for medical treatment, his spokesman said, the latest...

Saleh Heads To New York

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.29.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh headed to the United States on Saturday for medical treatment, his spokesman said, the latest...

Saleh Heads For The States

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 03.23.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left his battered nation Sunday on his way to the U.S. for medical treatment after passing po...

Yemen's President Reportedly To Depart For Oman

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.22.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave soon to Oman, en route to medical treatment in the United States, Yemeni officia...

New Law Grants Yemen's Outgoing President Sweeping Immunity

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ and BEN HUBBARD | Posted 03.10.2012

SANAA, Yemen — A new law granting sweeping immunity to Yemen's president and anyone who served in his authoritarian regime over the past 33 year...

Report: Yemen's Outgoing President Changes Mind, Will Not Travel To U.S.

Posted 03.05.2012

SANAA, Yemen -- A senior official from Yemen's ruling party says President Ali Abdullah Saleh will not travel to the U.S. for medical treatment and w...

Tens Of Thousands Demand Trial For Yemen's Saleh

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.02.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's opposition on Sunday accused outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh of trying to torpedo a power transfer deal by sparking...

Yemen's President Plans To Stay

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 03.01.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's outgoing president decided to stay in the country, reversing plans to leave, his ruling party said Saturday, in an appare...

Yemeni Protesters: Saleh Will Not Escape Punishment

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 02.29.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Tens of thousands of Yemenis held demonstrations around the country Friday to demand their longtime president face trial for the ...

Yemen's Outgoing President Says He Is Heading For U.S.

AP | By AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 02.23.2012

SANAA, Yemen -- Troops commanded by relatives of Yemen's outgoing president attacked a crowd of more than 100,000 protesters peacefully marching into ...

Yemeni Army Clashes Reportedly Kill At Least 28

AP | By AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 12.04.2011

SANAA, Yemen -- Clashes between the Yemeni army and tribal fighters in the southern city of Taiz have left at least 28 people dead over the past three...

Yemeni Army Shells Taiz, At Least 3 Killed

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 01.30.2012

SANAA, Yemen — Thousands of residents fled the central Yemen city of Taiz Wednesday when government forces shelled the city, killing one person,...

UN Envoy: Yemeni Leader Agrees To Sign Power Transfer Deal

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 01.23.2012

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 y...

Yemeni Troops Fire At Thousands Of Anti-Regime Protesters

AP | GAMAL ABDUL-FATTAH | Posted 12.25.2011

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's president on Tuesday called in the U.S. ambassador and told him he would sign a deal to step down, a U.S. official said. ...

UN Calls For Power Transfer In Yemen

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 12.21.2011

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called Friday for Yemen's president to immediately accept a deal to transfer power to his deputy and ...

New Protests Rock Yemeni Capital, Security Forces Kill At Least Twelve

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 12.18.2011

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni government forces opened fire Tuesday on protesters in Sanaa, killing 12 and injuring more than 70, a medical official sai...

Gunfire And Explosions Rock Yemeni Capital

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.29.2011

SANAA, Yemen — Heavy gunfire and explosions rocked the Yemeni capital on Thursday as clashes between government troops and rival tribesmen erupt...

Tribe Downs Government Warplane

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.28.2011

SANAA, Yemen — Tribesmen shot down a Yemeni government warplane that was bombing their positions north of the capital Sanaa Wednesday, military ...

Yemeni Defense Minister Escapes Second Assassination Bid

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.27.2011

SANAA, Yemen — A suicide attacker driving an explosives-laden car blew himself up Tuesday next to the passing convoy of Yemen's defense minister...

As Saleh Returns To Yemen, Violence Rages On

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.24.2011

SANAA, Yemen — In one of the bloodiest days of Yemen's uprising, government troops backed by snipers and shelling attacked a square full of Yeme...

Snipers Take Out Protesters As Demonstrations In Yemen Continue

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.22.2011

SANAA, Yemen — Renewed violence in the Yemeni capital killed at least 15 people on Thursday as forces loyal to the regime and its opponents shel...

Yemeni Troops Fire At Tens Of Thousands Of Mourners

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.21.2011

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni government forces on Wednesday fired mortars at tens of thousands of mourners at funerals held for protesters killed in cl...

Anti-Government Protesters Storm University In Yemen

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.17.2011

SANAA, Yemen — Thousands of anti-government protesters in Yemen stormed the capital's main university Saturday, preventing the first day of clas...

Officials: Airstrikes In Yemen Kill 36 Suspected Militants

AP | By AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 10.24.2011

SANAA, Yemen -- Airstrikes killed 36 suspected al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Wednesday, military and medical officials said, as the governme...