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News Articles: Yemen

Yemeni security guards stand outside the parliament building in Sanna in 2015, the same year that a Yemeni lawmaker says he was targeted for assassination. Anssaf Ali Mayo is now suing former U.S. military members who he says were hired to kill him.

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  • Law

Yemeni politician says former U.S. soldiers tried to kill him. Now he's suing in U.S. court

The suit is centered around the alleged attempt on Anssaf Ali Mayo's life. But it raises broader questions, including about the role of the United Arab Emirates in Yemen's civil war.

March 30, 2026
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  • Ryan Lucas
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa.

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  • Middle East

Southern Yemen separatist group says it will dissolve after its head fled to the UAE

Yemen's Southern Transitional Council and its institutions will be dismantled after weeks of unrest in southern areas and a day after its leader fled to the United Arab Emirates.

January 09, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Supporters of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a coalition of separatist groups seeking to restore the state of South Yemen, hold South Yemen flags during a rally, in Aden, Yemen, Friday.

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  • Middle East

Yemen's separatists announce a constitution for an independent south

The move comes as an escalation of a confrontation that has pitted Gulf powerhouses Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against each other.

January 02, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
The president of the Yemen's Southern Transitional Council Aidarous Al-Zubaidi sits for an interview, Sept. 22, 2023, in New York, while attending the United Nations General Assembly's annual high-level meeting of world leaders.

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  • World

An escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and widen tensions in the Gulf

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces. The UAE later said it would withdraw its forces from Yemen.

December 30, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A man watches the news on TV, displaying footage of Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the Houthi-controlled government, who was killed, along with others, in Thursday's Israeli strikes on the capital, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025.

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  • World

Iran-backed Houthis raid UN food and children's agencies in Yemen, detain employee

The Iran-backed Houthis on Sunday raided offices of the United Nations' food and children's agencies in Yemen's capital, detaining at least one U.N. employee, officials said.

August 31, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Houthi supporters chant slogans during a weekly anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Houthi rebels say Israeli airstrike killed their prime minister in Yemen's capital

The Iranian-backed Houthis said an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.

August 30, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa.

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  • World

At least 68 African migrants killed after boat capsizes off Yemen coast, U.N. says

More than 150 Ethiopian migrants were on board the boat when it sank in the Gulf of Aden off the southern Yemeni province of Abyan, the International Organization for Migration in Yemen said.

August 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a cabinet meeting with President Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on April 10.

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  • Politics

Federal judge declines to order Trump officials to recover deleted Signal messages

The watchdog group American Oversight had asked a federal judge to order top national security officials to preserve any messages they may have sent on the private messaging app Signal.

June 20, 2025
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  • Elena Moore
"I get really emotional when I walk into these cafes and I see Yemen coffee becoming a thing," says coffee entrepreneur Mokhtar Alkhanshali.

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  • Arts & Life

Built on a rich coffee history, Yemeni cafes find U.S. success and new challenges, too

Yemen is an ancient birthplace of the coffee trade, and immigrants fleeing its civil war have brought their culture here in the form of cafes. Hundreds of Yemeni coffee shops have opened in the U.S.

April 26, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a tariff announcement in the Rose Garden on Wednesday. A Defense Department inspector general has announced he will review Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to discuss a military attack on Yemen.

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  • Politics

A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal

The announcement comes after lawmakers voiced concern about whether top national security officials discussed classified information on Signal about a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

April 03, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters on the White House driveway on March 31, 2025.

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  • Politics

White House says it's 'case closed' on the Signal group chat review

Last week, the White House said the National Security Council, the White House counsel office and President Trump adviser Elon Musk were all looking into the mishap. But now, that probe has wrapped

March 31, 2025
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  • Franco Ordoñez
A House lawmaker points to text messages by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a hearing on March 26. The hearing, held by the House Intelligence Committee, addressed Trump administration officials inadvertently including a journalist on a high-level Signal group chat in which plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen were discussed.

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  • National

Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard

The news of the leak of life-and-death operational details to a reporter lands differently with veterans and active-duty troops, who can be prosecuted for much less significant "spillage" incidents.

March 27, 2025
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  • Quil Lawrence
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference with the Association of Accredited Correspondents at the United Nations (ACANU) at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on December 10, 2024.

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  • News

WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli missile

The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he and colleagues "escaped death narrowly" when an Israeli airstrike targeted Yemen's main airport.

December 28, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
Smoke rises from the area around Yemen's Sanaa International Airport following an airstrike on Thursday. The Israeli military reported targeting infrastructure used by the Houthis at the airport, as well as a number of ports and power stations.

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  • Middle East

Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen's capital. WHO chief says he was nearby

A round of Israeli airstrikes targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports. The head of the World Health Organization said the bombardment occurred as he prepared to board a flight.

December 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
In this undated photo provided by the Etat Major des Armees on May 30, 2024, a view of the Laax, a Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that came under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels earlier this week, carrying cargo of grain bound for Iran, the group's main benefactor, authorities said Thursday.

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  • World

U.S. and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks

American and British fighter jets and U.S. ships hit a wide range of Houthi targets in Yemen in response to a recent surge in attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, U.S. officials said.

May 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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