Yemeni authorities shut down the airport in Sanaa after militants loyal to Yemen's ousted president attacked it with anti-aircraft guns on Saturday, revealing a possible rift within the country's ruling factions. Armed tribesmen and troops in uniform opened fire with...

Yemen Sacks Two Military Chiefs Related to Saleh | Half brother, nephew fired but son remains

Yemen Interior Ministry: More Than 100 ‘Al-Qaeda’ Killed in Offensive | Insists fighters trying to regroup near the sea

The quickening pace of the Obama administration's drone war in Yemen is causing U.S. officials to lump together the country's many factions in a trend that further weakens their legal justification for extra-judicial assassinations. The drone war has escalated...

15 Captured Yemeni Soldiers Executed by Militants | Troops captured on Saturday executed in Lahj

Islamist militants on Saturday attacked a military checkpoint in southern Yemen, killing up to 28 Yemeni soldiers, according to officials and a statement from an al-Qaeda linked group. The militant group Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law) claimed...

The Obama administration has dramatically escalated its secret drone war in Yemen, already exploiting Yemen's fragile new client state. There have been 26 reported incidents of drone strikes in Yemen since May, but the pace appears to be accelerating with nine attacks...