Yemen

Islamic State Takes Responsibility For Attack That Killed A Governor In Yemen

9:26am December 06, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Jaafar Mohammed Saad and some of his aides were killed by a car bomb as he was headed to work. The Islamic State said they were responsible for the attack and said more attacks were planned.

A satellite image showing Tropical Cyclone Chapala after it made landfall in Yemen.

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Tropical Cyclone Chapala Batters Yemen, Dumps Years' Worth Of Rain

12:07pm November 03, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Yemen is used to getting about 4 inches of rain per year. Chapala has dumped more than twice that in a day. Parts of the arid, war-torn country are now flooded.

A Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Yemen was destroyed by an airstrike on Monday.

Doctors Without Borders Says Facility In Yemen Destroyed By Airstrikes

4:26pm October 27, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

This is the second Doctors Without Borders facility to be hit by airstrikes in a month. The building in Yemen was destroyed but nobody was hurt.

People stand amid the rubble of a house damaged by a Saudi-led airstrike last month in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen's capital.

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U.S.-Backed Saudi Bombing Campaign Blamed For Civilian Deaths In Yemen

12:54am October 02, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Saudi Arabia's U.S.-backed airstrike campaign in Yemen was supposed to quash advances by Houthi rebels in short order. But the conflict is grinding on and the humanitarian crisis is growing worse.

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Two Americans Held In Yemen Are Freed, White House Says

3:07pm September 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

One was identified as an employee of a New Orleans-based logistics company who had been held since March. The other, from Michigan, worked as a security consultant.

A man and a boy walk at a site hit by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa on July 3. More than a million civilians have been displaced in recent fighting.

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In Yemen, Agony Continues As Civilians 'Bear The Brunt'

3:21pm July 21, 2015

by NPR Staff

An Amnesty International researcher provides a rare glimpse of life in Yemen, which the U.N. says is in the grip of a "massive humanitarian crisis." Will a new ceasefire help bring relief?

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Al-Qaida Says Its No. 2 Leader Was Killed In U.S. Drone Strike

2:09pm June 16, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Nasir al-Wahishi was part of al-Qaida's "old guard," NPR's Alice Fordham reports. He was a veteran of the fighting in Afghanistan and had been Osama bin Laden's personal secretary.

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Houthi supporters in Yemen's capital hold up at a defaced poster of the ousted president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, during a demonstration against air strikes by Saudi Arabia. The Saudis, who have been bombing Yemen since March, are hosting Hadi and other

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For Yemen's Ousted President, A Five-Star Exile With No End In Sight

5:23pm June 14, 2015

by Deborah Amos

Talks to resolve the conflict in Yemen begin Monday in Geneva. Yemen's ousted president and his former ministers are hoping it will lead to a return to their homeland.

A man walks by a workshop damaged by an air strike on a nearby Scud missile base in Yemen's capital Sanaa in April.

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Saudis Shoot Down Scud Missile Fired By Houthi Rebels In Yemen

1:12pm June 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Cold War-era rocket, which appeared to be targeted at a major air base in the kingdom's south, was brought down by Patriot missiles, officials say.

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American Freelance Journalist Released By Rebels In Yemen

4:51pm June 01, 2015

by Brian Naylor

Casey Coombs was one of a number of Americans being held in Yemen, according to the U.S. State Department.