Houthi

Yemen's former leader leaves Sanaa after house arrest

Yemen's former president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi left his official residence after weeks of house arr...

Feb 21, 2015 06:14 AM EST

Yemen parties agree on transitional council: U.N.

Yemen's feuding parties have agreed on a "people's transitional council" to help govern the country ...

Feb 20, 2015 06:46 AM EST

U.N. council demands Houthis withdraw, end Yemen violence

The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen withdr...

Feb 16, 2015 06:30 AM EST

Thousands protest against Houthi rule in Yemen after embassies close

Yemenis in the capital Sanaa and the central city of Taiz held the largest protests yet against a ta...

Feb 12, 2015 07:49 AM EST

United States closes its embassy in conflict-hit Yemen

The United States is closing its embassy in Yemen, the Arabian peninsula state that is a front line ...

Feb 10, 2015 08:45 PM EST

Yemen's Houthi leader says wants peaceful transfer of power

The leader of Yemen's Houthis who control the capital Sanaa said on Tuesday his group was seeking a ...

Jan 27, 2015 06:20 PM EST

Some counter-terrorism efforts in Yemen frozen for now - U.S. officials

The United States has halted some counter-terrorism operations against al Qaeda militants in Yemen f...

Jan 24, 2015 06:47 AM EST

Yemen president quits, throwing country deeper into chaos

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned on Thursday, just days after Houthi rebels battled ...

Jan 22, 2015 08:30 PM EST

Houthis, accused of coup, surround Yemeni PM's residence

Yemen's powerful Houthi movement fought artillery battles with the army near the presidential palace...

Jan 19, 2015 09:54 PM EST

Yemen's Houthis reject new power-sharing government

Yemen's Houthi movement, which seized the capital Sanaa in September, on Saturday rejected a new pow...

Nov 08, 2014 07:25 PM EST

Gunmen kill Yemeni liberal party leader

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a leader of a liberal Yemeni political party that is close to th...

Nov 02, 2014 07:51 PM EST

Yemen's Houthis advance near al Qaeda stronghold

Yemen's new Shi'ite Muslim powerbrokers sent fighters towards an al Qaeda stronghold on Wednesday, r...

Oct 15, 2014 07:09 PM EDT

Yemen president names new PM, Shi'ite Houthis welcome choice

Yemen's president named the country's U.N. envoy as prime minister on Monday in a move welcomed by t...

Oct 13, 2014 10:47 AM EDT

Yemen's new prime minister quits after Houthis call mass protest

Yemen's new Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak quit his post early on Thursday hours after the Ho...

Oct 08, 2014 09:28 PM EDT

Yemenis demonstrate to press Houthi rebels to quit Sanaa

Hundreds of Yemenis demonstrated in Sanaa on Sunday demanding that Houthi rebels who had seized cont...

Sep 28, 2014 11:37 AM EDT

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