The revolutionary movement in Yemen sparked by the youth has been somewhat neutered after the U.S.-backed transfer deal left Yemenis with a purportedly "transitional" government and an abiding Saleh-like dictatorship. The youth activists were the driving force behind...

Yemen Announces Hadi ‘Victory’ in Single Candidate Vote | Obama cheers election of Hadi

Yemenis voted on Tuesday in a referendum on a transition deal to formally depose former President and longtime U.S. client Ali Abdullah Saleh and elect his deputy Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, who was the only name on the ballot, as President. The voting was beset by deadly...

Clashes in South Yemen: Separatists Attack ‘Reformists’ Ahead of Vote | Reformists called for participation in upcoming election