Yemen’s President Hit Hard by Rocket Attack

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2011 Friday's attack on Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's palace in his country's capital city of Sanaa took a bigger toll than previously reported, as the news emerged Tuesday that it wasn't clear when he'd be able to return to office given the gravity of his injuries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yemen Celebrates as Saleh Leaves for Medical Treatment

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2011 Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, nursing wounds from a rocket attack Friday on the presidential mosque, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday for medical treatment as street celebrations and renewed violence erupted back home in the capital of Sanaa. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abandon Ship and/or Yemen

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2011 The United States is evacuating "certain non-emergency personnel" from Yemen and encouraging other Americans to leave the country while they still can The State Department cites "terrorist activities and civil unrest" in its most recent travel warning Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Responds to a Changing Mideast in Arab Spring Speech

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2011 Addressing the upheavals that have occurred and transformations still in progress in the Middle East (except for one notable omission), President Barack Obama put the big shifts that the Arab Spring brought in a broader context during a major speech on Thursday (more) UpdatedPresident Barack Obama put big shifts in a broader context during a major speech on the Middle East on Thursday . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Saleh Again Agrees to Step Down in Yemen

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2011 Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is reportedly set to sign an agreement that would bring his 33-year rule to an end, making him yet another victim of the "Arab Spring" that began in Tunisia last December and raising questions about the future of al-Qaida in the Middle Eastern country. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anwar al-Awlaki Survives U.S. Drone Attack in Yemen

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2011 American-born al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki has apparently survived a U.S. military drone attack in Yemen after he traded vehicles with two supporters who were killed at the scene. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Can’t Resist Meddling in the Middle East

William Pfaff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2011 The struggle is under way to re-establish American control over the successors to those despots whom popular uprisings have ousted from Tunisia and Egypt, threatening the careers of still other abusive absolute monarchs and presidents-for-life (and their offspring). Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Filling in the Blanks

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Mar 30, 2011 In his speech Monday night to a public thoroughly, and understandably, befuddled about U.S. policy in Libya, President Obama began to fill in some important blanks. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

More Than 100 Killed in Explosion at Yemen Factory

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2011 The country is already in turmoil, to say the least, so Monday's explosion at an ammunition factory in Yemen, which killed more than 100 people, had political ramifications even if the blast itself was accidental, as local sources reported. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Libya; Nuclear Future; Bachmann In?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2011 Mary Matalin steps in as a guest panelist on this week's "Left, Right & Center," in which Libya and Japan are dominant conversation points, of course, as well as Rep. Michele Bachmann, who may or may not have her eye on the White House prize. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jeremy Scahill on America’s Covert War in Yemen

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2011 "Democracy Now!" correspondent Jeremy Scahill says that the "Obama administration has really escalated the covert war inside of Yemen" and "it could get much worse if Ali Abdullah Saleh decides to unleash the U.S.-trained counterterrorist units on his own population." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

At Least 35 Dead in Yemen Protests

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2011 At least 35 people were shot dead and hundreds more wounded on Friday when Yemeni soldiers opened fire on protesters marching through the country’s capital of Sanaa. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )