Special Reports

Four months ago, President Barack Obama pointed to the United States’ counterterrorism campaign in Yemen against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) as a model worth emulating.

The north of Yemen has been embroiled in unrest between the Shia Houthis and the Sunni government which resigned last week

Iranian control of Yemen gives the Mullahs the option of cutting off the sea lanes connecting the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean.

U.S. officials are holding discussions with representatives of the Shiite militia in Yemen who have forced the resignation of the country's president, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday.

The Yemeni political analyst Jamal Al-Awadhi said to YOL that the new US strategy of anti-terrorism in Yemen will lead to sectarian war between Shiites and Sunnis.

SANA, Yemen — The Houthi rebel group that has seized control of

White House chief of staff Denis McDonough on Sunday sought to shore up the Obama administration’s message on recent events in the Middle East, stressing that the collapse of Yemen’s central govern

The political chaos in Yemen should focus the world’s attention on the perils of counterterrorism-lite as is being practised by the US in many countries, says the international media.

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said U.S.