http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us A Yemeni court yesterday sentenced 11 convicted Al-Qaeda militants to up to 10 years in prison for forming armed gangs to destabilize the country and planning attacks on foreign embassies and security forces. The sentencing came as militants attacked a... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14486361-11-alqaeda-militants-in travel-news Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:13:39 -0700 A suspected US drone strike in western Yemen has killed five Al-Qaeda militants, including a local chief, a security official and witnesses said on Thursday.   The raid that took place late Wednesday in Dhamar province, killed Hamid Radman al-Manea,... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14437502-drone-strike-kills-five-yemen-qaeda-suspects travel-news Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:27:13 -0700 Yemen (AP) A Yemeni security official and witnesses say a U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected al-Qaida militants in mountainous area south of the capital, Sanaa. The four were killed while riding a vehicle in the desert area... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14433617-yemen-us-drone-strike-kills-4-alqaida-suspects travel-news Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:49:34 -0700 Yemen has been a battleground between the West and al-Qaida for years...Now it's emerging as an arena in the religious-driven confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia. After years of internal conflict and the enforced 2012 departure of longtime President Ali... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14419789-yemen-trapped-between-iran-saudi-arabia travel-news Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:40:58 -0700 Drive North east from Sana`a for about an hour and the contrast in scenery is amazing. The Beni Hushaish area, up the wadi Sirr and Rajam where in season there is an abundance of grapes, raisins, but also wheat, barley... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12882159-beni-hushaish-the-valley-of-grapes-and-raisins-in-yemen travel-news Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:53:31 -0700 Situated on the western edge of the forbidding sands of the Rub AlKhali, an hour drive from Najran, and two hours from Hazem, the Yemeni Al Jawf governorate, surrounded on its other three sides by rugged granite cliffs, is the... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/12766533-on-a-journey-of-colors-wadi-khabb-is-yemens-oasis travel-news Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:39:58 -0700 A Saudi diplomat kidnapped by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen's southern port city of Aden last month is safe and likely to be released soon, a tribal chief said Monday. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula abducted Abdullah al-Khalidi, Saudi Arabia's deputy... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/11995933-saudi-kidnapped-in-yemen-is-safe-tribes political-news Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:24:32 -0700 Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was holding a Saudi diplomat kidnapped last month in Yemen's main southern city of Aden, the kingdom's state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday. An Al-Qaeda member confirmed in a telephone call to the Saudi... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/11953006-alqaeda-holding-saudi-diplomat-kidnapped-in-yemen political-news Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:11:48 -0700 Yemen's Shiite rebels on Tuesday welcomed an offer by Qatar to help consolidate a truce between the northern rebels and the Sanaa government, a spokesman said. We welcome Qatar's initiative in promoting sustainable peace and we have informed Qatar's emir... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/11569172-yemeni-shiite-rebels-welcome-qatari-role-in-achieving-peace political-news Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:03:06 -0800 Yemeni security check a vehicle in the southern city of Aden, two days prior to the referendum-like presidential election. After a year of protests, diplomatic wrangling and an assassination attempt, Yemenis will draw a line under Ali Abdullah Saleh's three-decade... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/11551729-yemen-set-for-onecandidate-presidential-poll political-news Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:28:19 -0800 Yeminis, international rights groups protest law preventing prosecution for political crimes of former officials. Thousands of Yemenis protested in Sanaa on Sunday against an immunity law protecting outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh from prosecution and demanded he be put on... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/11351269-thousands-protest-at-immunity-for-yemens-saleh political-news Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:10:33 -0800 The incident happened as the intelligence officers were heading to work...Eyewitnesses told CNN that heavy artillery was used in the attack. Security officials blamed al Qaeda. "This is not the first time intelligence officers were attacked in Aden," said a... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/11272713-attack-in-yemen-kills-security-officer-wounds-7 technology-news Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:32:54 -0800 Pro-government forces and tribesmen opposed to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh traded artillery fire on the streets of the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, witnesses said. The fighting, which raged near government buildings and the compound of Sadeq al-Ahmar, a foe... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/11044660-government-and-tribal-forces-clash-in-yemen political-news Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:02:04 -0800 Forces loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh shot dead two women and wounded six other people when they opened fire on a crowd of protesters in the city of Taez on Monday, medics said. The protest was over an... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/11027555-two-women-shot-dead-in-yemen-protest political-news Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:04:20 -0800 At least 21 people have been killed and dozens wounded in northern Yemen, where rebels are attacking positions held by Salafi fighters with bursts of shelling, a spokesman for the Salafis said on Sunday. The shelling, which killed three people... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/10966239-at-least-21-killed-dozens-hurt-in-north-yemen-fighting political-news Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:58:47 -0800