Topic: Sana'a

Yemen protest violence seen as start of more intense confrontation

Two were killed and hundreds injured Saturday after security forces loyal to Yemen's 32-year President Ali Abdullah Saleh confronted protesters with tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition.
03/12/2011 09:10 am

Yemen rejects Saleh offer with biggest protests yet

Nearly 100,000 called today for President Saleh to step down, despite his proposal yesterday for sweeping reforms. But Yemen's growing protest movement lacks a coherent plan, raising concern that other groups could seize control of the country.
03/11/2011 02:07 pm

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Terrorism & Security Suspected Al Qaeda attack kills four in Yemen

The attack comes as Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to step down early, and US, UK warn citizens to leave country.
03/06/2011 09:26 am

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In Yemen, a tentative road map for Saleh's departure

President Ali Abdullah Saleh has 'favorably received' a plan to lay out an exit strategy by year's end. But protesters have yet to come up with a plan for what's next.
03/03/2011 09:56 am

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Yemen students to politicians: Don't hijack our revolution

Yemen's political opposition joined youths on the streets of Sanaa for the first time today, but many young people see leaders as trying to tap their movement for the wrong reasons.
03/01/2011 12:41 pm

Yemen wild card: Tribal loyalties

Faced with deadly protests, President Saleh has turned to tribal leaders for help. But a key sheikh's renunciation of Saleh this weekend in favor of protesters adds to rumblings of civil war.
03/01/2011 06:05 am

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Why Yemen's youths are not bowing to government pressure, violence

Despite brutal attacks against them throughout the past week, Yemen’s idealistic youths continue to be the main voice pressing for regime change. Monday, they engaged in a peaceful sit-in.
02/21/2011 02:17 pm

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Bahrain protesters reoccupy square, while Libya protests continue

Jubilant and newly confident Bahrain protesters poured back into Pearl Square Saturday after the Army withdrew. In Libya, protests were met with deadly force and Internet access was cut.
02/19/2011 02:49 pm

Yemen, awash in guns, wary about unrest

Yemen has the highest guns-per-capita ratio in the world after the US. Tribesmen – some of whom have camped out in Sanaa's Tahrir Square – are widely said to have grenades, mortars, and even a rare tank.
02/18/2011 04:23 pm

Yemeni president tries to avert revolution as protests escalate

Rival protesters clashed in Yemen's capital today, with police firing live ammunition into the air.
02/16/2011 05:22 pm

As Mubarak resigns, Yemenis call for a revolution of their own

Thousands of secessionists protested in Yemen today in an example of how disparate movements across the Middle East are tapping the anti-regime fervor for their own disparate aims.
02/11/2011 05:45 pm

Opinion The Arab world's Berlin Wall moment

Arabs are on the brink of a democratic wave similar to the one that swept through Eastern Europe 20 years ago. The Arabs’ democratic journey may well be rocky, but there is no turning back.
02/07/2011 12:03 pm

In Yemen's Tahrir Square, progrovernment crowds counter 'day of wrath'

In Yemen's capital of Sanaa, progovernment demonstrators – thought to have been brought in by the government – carried posters of President Saleh, plastered their SUVs with posters of President Saleh, and ostentatiously declared their love for President Saleh.
02/03/2011 04:18 pm

Yemen's Saleh agrees not to run again. Is that good enough for protesters?

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared Wednesday that he would not seek reelection in 2013, but protesters plan to keep on demonstrating.
02/02/2011 07:23 am

Opinion US message to Arab world matters -- and Obama is sending the wrong one

The message the US projects abroad will resonate long after the final pass of the Super Bowl. The US must lend its full-throated support to the protesters of the Arab world. It matters – both for the future of the region, and the future of America. Sitting on the sidelines may cost us more than our regional standing; it may cost us our own ideals.
01/31/2011 11:35 pm

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Are Yemen's protests going to bring another revolution?

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Yemen's capital of Sanaa. But they appear to be pushing democratic reforms more than Tunisia-style revolution.
01/27/2011 12:00 pm

Terrorism & Security Yemeni protesters fill streets, calling for president's ouster

The thousands of Yemenis who turned out to protest President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule were met with counterprotests by government supporters.
01/27/2011 08:39 am