Why a ‘yemen-style’ solution may not work in Syria - Globe and Mail
28 May 2012, 7:32 am
As the killing rages on in Syria, all eyes are turning to Russia as the country best able to rein in the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and effect a so-called yemen-style solution to the conflict. It was in yemen, earlier this year, that long ...

yemen army tightens grip on militant-held town - msnbc.com
28 May 2012, 7:32 am
ADEN (Reuters) - yemeni troops tightened their grip on Monday on a southern town largely controlled by an al Qaeda-linked group as they fought to dislodge them in a new U.S.-backed offensive against Islamist militants. An army official said five militants ...

yemen officials say US drone strike kills 5 militants, including a possible leader - Washington Post
28 May 2012, 4:55 am
SANAA, yemen — yemeni military officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed five al-Qaida-linked militants in the country’s south. They said the airstrike Monday targeted senior group member Qaid al-Dahab in a convoy of three cars near the town of ...

Al Qaeda identifies yemen bomber identified - Khaleej Times
28 May 2012, 1:56 am
Al Qaeda in yemen has identified the suicide bomber behind last week’s deadly attack on troops that killed nearly 100 soldiers, according to a statement posted online. A picture of Haitham Hamid Hussein Moufarrah dressed in traditional yemeni garb was ...

US proposes yemen-style transition - Saudi Gazette
27 May 2012, 5:35 pm
WASHINGTON — In a new effort to halt more than a year of bloodshed in Syria, President Obama will push for the departure of President Bashar Al-Assad under a proposal modeled on the transition in another strife-torn Arab country, yemen. The plan calls ...

33 killed in yemen clashes - Worldnews.com
26 May 2012, 3:20 pm
The governors are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 2,210 sub-districts, and then into 38,284 villages (as of 2001). The Soviet and Chinese Aid Missions established in 1958 and 1959 were the first important non ...

Saudi envoy kidnapped in yemen begs king for help - YAHOO!
26 May 2012, 5:40 am
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian diplomat kidnapped by al Qaeda militants in yemen urged the Saudi king to meet his captors' demand for the release of women prisoners, in a video message posted on the Internet on Saturday. "I plead the custodian of the ...

yemen: US drone strike kills 6 al-Qaida militants - YAHOO!
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
SANAA, yemen (AP) — yemeni military officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed six suspected al-Qaida militants. They say Saturday's attack took place near the border of Marib and Shabwa provinces southeast of the capital Sanaa. The ...

Dengue fever spreads in yemen - United Press International
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
SANAA, yemen, May 26 (UPI) -- More cases of Dengue fever were reported in the yemeni province of Hodeida despite measures taken by the state to stop the epidemic, authorities said. yemen Fox said Saturday officials with the health ministry ...

yemen: suicide attacks on school and protest march kill 12 - The Guardian
25 May 2012, 6:49 pm
Two suicide bombers linked to al-Qaida blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said. The attacks, targeting Shia Muslims, came less than a week after a ...