The Yemeni Journalist Syndicate confirmed earlier this week that five journalists, Yassin al-Zakari, Brahim al-Ashmori, Ahmed al-Shamiri, Naaman Asbahi and photographer Mohammed Achmamaram were kidnapped while covering a story in the eastern province of Marib.

Yemen President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi is said to have escaped eight assassination attempts since his he was sworn in as president of the republic of Yemen in February 2012.

Nakba day or the Day of Catastrophe, marks the anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. While this day is celebrated in Israel as the cornerstone of the Jewish state after centuries of diaspora and worldwide persecution,

Following their much publicized release from Yemen the Finnish couple and Austrian national have opened up to the press, telling of their capture and their five months amid al-Qaeda terror militants.

The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed on Thursday that three of its aid workers had been indeed release following intense negotiations with al-Marakisha tribe, a tribal entity which has been linked 

A report published by the foreign ministry this month confirmed serious discrepancies in the issuance of diplomatic passports, with a ratio per employee of about 15. While there are 1,000 foreign ministry workers 15,000 passports were issued, about 15 passports per employees.

A Yemeni military aircraft crashed in a residential section of the capital yesterday, killing the pilot and injuring at least 22 people on the ground.

A spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Dibeh Fakhr told the press on Tuesday that not one of its staff member had been kidnapped on Monday but three. She added that all were believed to be in good health and in no immediate danger.

As western media are unraveling the series of events which led to the release of Yemen's three western hostages (a Finnish couple and an Austrian national) reports in Austria are now alleging that Oman had to pay up $50 million to their kidnappers in order to secure their freedom.

While the only working democratic republican system in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen has often been labeled as politically unstable, its political integrity and authority plagued by tribal militias and factions.

Just as a Finnish couple and a Danish national are landing safely in their respective homeland after months spent in captivity in Yemen, officials reported this Monday that an aid worker for the International Committee of the Red Cross had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.

Just as the Houthis are alleging their claims on Yemen are purely political and not in any way shape or form motivated by a desire to expand their ideological zone of influence residents in the northern province of Sa'ada, one 

The Yemeni authorities confirmed on Sunday its security services successfully managed to foil a bomb plot hatched by al-Qaeda militants in the southern seaport city of Aden.

One of the main issues of the National Dialogue Conference, Sa'ada team of representatives will concentrate on bringing the Houthis (Shia-led para-military political faction based in the northern provinces of Sa'ada, al-Jawh and Hajja) back to mainstream politics through the demobilization of its militias.

UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, the very man who oversaw and helped shape Yemen political transition of power by ushering out former President Ali Abdullah Saleh from the the presidency in 2011 said in a television interview that the former president could in all legality run in the next presidential elections in 2014.

The use of drones in armed conflicts has increased significantly in recent years, raising humanitarian, legal and other concerns. Peter Maurer, the president of the ICRC, discusses humanitarian, legal and other aspects of the use of armed drones.

"Ansar al-Sharia are coming", read a warning on the walls of Huta, the southern regional capital of Lahj, just north of Aden and south of Abyan, a region previously under the control of Ansar al-Sharia, an offshoot of al-Qaeda in the region.

Freedom foundation, the Yemeni-based media watchdog founded by Khaled al-Hammadi is speaking out against what it calls a degradation of media freedom in Yemen.

A prominent Yemeni journalist, Abdulelah Haider Shaye rose to fame when he successfully managed to win the trust of well-known al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen, such as late American-born cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki and other leading figure of the

Less than two days after two Egyptian nationals were kidnapped by tribesmen belonging to the Marakisha tribe in the southern province of Abyan (Monday evening) officials reported the kidnapping of two Indian nationals from Jaar, by the same tribe this Wednesday.

Saudi newspaper Asarq al-Awsat published this weel an article in which it claims that Yemen President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh are at odds with each other over whose candidacy to the presidency of the General People's Congress is more legitimate.

A Yemeni man who had been told that he would be executed as early as 5 May was granted a stay of execution on 4 May. His case, and those of all others on death row whose ages are disputed, will be reviewed by a medical examination committee.

Fears that al-Qaeda have been orchestrating a return in force to Yemen southern provinces have been confirmed early on Wednesday when news of an attack against three air force colonels were confirmed by officials.

In a move which was replicated across the Middle East region, Yemenis came together on Tuesday to condemn Israel military intervention on Syria,

 A government official confirmed on Monday the death of a soldier on the southern province of al-Dhali, noting he had been killed in clashes opposing the military and southern secessionist militants.

Yemen National Meteorological Center announced that an estimated 41 people had perished since April in a series of floods brought about by heavy downpours in several of the country provinces.

A surge in complaints from female university students in Sana'a, the capital, is increasingly worrying education officials as they fear such a negative and amoral trend will prevent an entire segment of society from pursuing their university ambitions by fear of sexual harassment.

Yemen Defense Ministry confirmed on Saturday through the publication on official statement that the military had indeed intercepted a cargo of illegal weapons off the coast of Taiz, south-east of the capital, Sana'a.

Sheikh Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, leader of the Houthis in Yemen (Shia political faction based in the northern provinces of Yemen) strongly decried the exhumation of several Shiite religious figures' grave in Syria, warning that such an attack against Shia Islam would only exacerbate tensions and resentment across the region, when Muslims, regardless of their school of thoughts should be assisting one another.

Ahmed bin Farid al-Suraimah, a prominent southern leader announced in a statement directed to the press on Saturday that he was permanently withdrawing from the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) as he felt representatives are not "tackling the rights of southerners to self-determination."

As security analysts and scholars are pondering over the root of Islamic extremism, trying to pin down and define what arguments terror militants are invoking when trying to rally to their cause new recruits, a scholar has come up with a brand new theory, theorizing that al-Qaeda is drawing strength from tribalism.

39 leaders, groups named as Predators of Freedom of Information in 2013.

Despite many calls for the immediate repatriation of some 56 Yemeni nationals from Guantanamo Bay prison, on the account they were cleared by a court of law of all charges brought against them, American President Barack Obama said to be unwilling to compromise.

After rights groups and NGOs expressed their growing concerns over illegal smuggling activities in Yemen, warning traffickers were using a lapse in security to run profitable criminal rings, the government has sough to address the situation by appointing more men on the ground.

Sources in the coalition government have revealed that Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basendwa has been growing ever increasingly restless and frustrated over President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi' sons behaviors towards state officials,

Local officials in al-Baydha province, south-east of the capital, Sana'a, confirmed this Wednesday morning that armed men suspected to have links with al-Qaeda had attacked a car convoy which was containing $2 million worth in salaries.

Although May 1st should have marked an end to all touristic visa regulation from Yemeni nationals in Turkey, the Turkish embassy announced on Tuesday afternoon it would have to delay the implementation of its travel agreement with Sana'a.

According to Yemen tourism ministry, the tourism industry generated an annual income of $848 million as opposed to $780 million in 2011.

Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the growing number of threats and physical attacks against journalists in Yemen, a concern that an international TV channel representative said he shared during a phone call today.

Yemeni officials confirmed on Tuesday that saboteurs had once again chosen to cripple Yemen' ability to produce oil, the main source of national income by attacking Marib pipeline (eastern province).

When former President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to resign from his position back in November 2011, under much pressure from the international community, it was agreed the veteran politician would be granted alongside his aides absolute judicial and political immunity.

Saba, Yemen state news agency denied this Monday recent reports published in the press that Prime Minister Mohammed Basendwa had decided to abandon his position at the head of the coalition government to seek political asylum abroad.

Less than a week after NHCR spokesperson, Adrian Edwards spoke in Geneva of Yemen on-going refugees crisis, citing harrowing tales of hardships and ill-treatments, Somalia Council of Ministers announced it was setting up a new ministerial task 

Just as a team of representatives from the National Dialogue Conference are set to visit the province of Sa'ada (northern province of Yemen) as to find a solution to the Houthis dossier, the former Shia rebel group now turned political faction) has put forward its very own reconstruction plan, highlighting issues it identified as being at the source of all instability.

As local media reports violent clashes across Yemen provinces in between former Republican Guards units and the authorities, security analysts are wondering whether the central government failed to foresee a military power vacuum when it instigated its latest military restructuration.

 Torrential downpours have led to dangerous flash floods in several districts of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a. 

On the 19th anniversary of 1994 southern uprising against Sana'a central government, Haraki militants (Southern Secessionist Movement) gathered across Yemen southern territories to commemorate South Yemen's bid for independence and freedom as well as renew their loyalty to the movement.

Yemen Post’s editor-in-chief, Hakim Almasmari, told Yle that, according to one of the paper's Yemen-based reporters, the captive Finnish couple seem to be in very good physical condition.

Government officials confirmed on Saturday that clashes opposing al-Qaeda militants in Radda, a city in the southern province of al-Baydha, south-east of the capital, and the military led to the death of five soldiers and two Islamists.

Speaking on Yemen at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, UNHCR spokesperson, Adrian Edwards gave his audience a clear summary of Yemen refugees' situation in Yemen, the poorest country of the Arabian Peninsula.