Selected cuttings

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June

The Times

Aid worker killed by Yemeni airstrike


The Times

Little sympathy for crucified ‘spy’ after Islamists flee town

IHS Jane’s

Yemen’s southern tribes help defeat al-Qaeda

May

USA Today

Resistance battles al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Yemen

The Times

US drone blitz on Yemen swells al-Qaeda ranks

The Times

Heavy cost to fight insurgency

The Times

Beheadings, mutilation, scalping: the savage legacy of al-Qaeda in retreat in Yemen

USA Today

Toll climbs in Yemen’s fight against al-Qaeda

The Times

Audio dispatch: Yemeni army fights for the south

The Times

Bomber’s expertise is passed on

The Times

Troops launch huge assault on al-Qaeda

The Sunday Times

The most dangerous man in the world

The Times

Airline underpants bomber ‘was CIA agent’


April

The Times

Al-Qaeda offshoot threatens to kill 73 kidnapped soldiers - ten at a time

USA Today

Militants in south Yemen threaten to kill captured soldiers

The Times

Militant threat growing in bin Laden’s ancestral home

The Times

Bin Laden’s widows prepare to fly home to life in a gilded cage


March

Al Jazeera - Listening Post

The dangers of reporting the war on terror

The National

Predecessor’s meddling muddies the waters for Yemen’s new president

USA Today

The US senses threat from Iran in north Yemen, a new hot spot

The Times

Al-Qaeda aims to take power in Yemen with charity and propaganda

IHS Janes


February


The Times

Single candidate is only choice in poll to end Saleh’s rule

Index on Censorship

Yemen: Shaye commences hunger strike

IHS Jane’s

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly


January 2012

Index on Censorship

Yemen one year on

The National

Saleh ‘wants sanctuary in Oman’

USA Today

Yemen’s leader to come to USA for treatment

The Times

Yemen’s President Saleh leaves country for medical treatment

The National

Yemen failing to protect historic buildings in Sanaa

The Times

Nation split as Saleh and allies move step closer to immunity

The National

Swede’s trip across Yemen by camel to disprove purveyors of pessimism

IHS Jane’s


December 

The National

‘We have known nothing but war’

The National

Yemen economy: Government’s new plan neglects economic development

The Times

Army killings fuel wave of fresh unrest

The National

Political unrest has overshadowed humanitarian crisis Yemenis face

IHS Global Insight

Military Transition key to Yemen’s short-term stability


October

The Times

Yemen’s President: ‘I will leave power in the coming days’

The Times

Face of defiance in a land ruled by fear

Index on Censorship

Tawakkol Karman: A courageous and controversial campaigner



September

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly + IHS Global Insight

Yemeni President’s return risks escalation of violence

The Times

Yemeni President Saleh returns amid violence

The Times

Government forces kill 11 in Yemen crackdown



July

The Times

At least ten killed in Aden suicide attack outside military base

The Times

Briton blown up in Yemen was shipping surveyor

The Times

Briton killed by booby-trap bomb in Yemen

The Times

Opposition accused of coup plot as supporters take to the streets

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly

Threat level rises in southern Yemen


 June

Index on Censorhip

Kiwi journalist in Yemen prison

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly

Yemen’s political troubles overtaken by economic woes

The Times

Gunmen free 60 militants in prison raid

The Times

Al-Qaeda militants escape after armed raid on Yemen jail

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly

Uncertainty continues to grip Yemen

Los Angeles Times

Militants said to gain ground in south Yemen

The Times

Yemen president ‘suffered 40-per cent burns’

The Times 

President Saleh will return to Yemen ‘within days’, says Vice-President

Los Angeles Times

Yemeni protesters to Saleh: Don’t come back

The Times

Don’t come back, jubilant Yemenis tell injured leader

Los Angeles Times

Wounded Yemeni president treated in Saudi Arabia

The Times

What now for Yemen after Saleh

The Times

Protesters celebrate as Yemen President flees to Saudi Arabia

The Sunday Times

Wounded president leaves

The Times

Injured Yemeni leaders flown to Saudi Arabia after palace shelling

The Times 

President injured in attack on his palace as battles rage in capital

Los Angeles Times

Attack on Yemen’s president adds fuel to a heated conflict

Los Angeles Times

Yemen president injured in attack on residential compound

The Times

Yemen President ‘injured in attack on palace’

The Times

Water runs out in capital as tribal rebels join battle with President’s elite troops

Los Angeles Times

Feud within key Yemen tribe could tear nation apart

The Times

Flights cancelled as Yemeni tribesmen battle Saleh’s special forces

Los Angeles Times

Violence erupts in Yemen cities after cease-fire fails

The Times

Yemen ceasefire crumbles as battle for Sanaa flares again

The Gulf

Yemen on the brink

IHS Global Insight: Country & Industry Forecasting

Yemeni violence pushes country to the edge



May

Los Angeles Times

Al Qaeda group said to take over major Yemeni city

Los Angeles Times

Yemeni forces storm protest camp, killing 20

The Times

20 protesters shot dead in Yemen as campsite is razed by troops

Los Angeles Times

Yemen’s government claims Al Qaeda group has taken major city

Los Angeles Times

In Yemen and Syria, 25 slain as violence continues

The Times

Saleh’s military jets launch airstrikes against armed tribesmen

The Times

40 die in street battles as Yemen goes into worst time of violence

The Times

Rebels fight their way into Yemeni capital

Los Angeles Times

Arms depot blast kills 28, Yemen says

Los Angeles Times

Fierce fighting continues in Yemen capital

The Times

British Ambassador urges nationals to leave Yemen as soon as possible

Los Angeles Times

Battles between tribal and government forces continue in Yemen

Los Angeles Times

Yemen security forces, tribal fighters clash in Sana

The Times

Yemeni tribal forces take control of government offices in capital

BBC Radio 5 

Up All Night

Los Angeles Times

Yemen peace deal falters

The Times

President of Yemen refuses to sign away power

Global Post

Photos: 100 days of protests in Yemen

The Irish Times

Western diplomats rescued as Saleh dithers over deal

The Times

Helicopter airlifts diplomatic staff trapped in embassy by protesters

BBC Radio 5

Up All Night (3:15:20 - 4:00:00)

Los Angeles Times

Yemen opposition signs deal for Saleh’s departure

Los Angeles Times

Yemen’s leader calls for early vote

The Irish Times

Defining days ahead in Yemen’s uprising

Democracy Now!

“Friday of Decisiveness in Yemen”: Tens of thousands protest as President Saleh defiantly rejects demands to resign

The Times

Crushing the protests is last option for Saleh

The Times

Death in the darkness: how Yemeni leader deals with Arab Spring

The Times

Times Dispatches: ‘Yemen bullets pursued me as I raced for my life…’

The Times

Bin Laden bride ‘had to have good family, not good looks’

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly

GCC battles to save Yemen peace plan

The Sunday Times

US launches drone airstrike on ‘new Bin Laden’ in Yemen

The Times

Yemen-based preacher tipped to take on role of bin Laden

The Irish Times

Yemen deal off as Saleh refuses to sign


 April

The Irish Times

Ten protesters shot dead as violence in Yemen grows

The Irish Times

Mounting pressure on leader of Yemen

USA Today

Yemen president to step down in month under deal

BBC Radio 5

Up All Night

The Times

Death toll rises as Yemeni troops fire on protesters

The Irish Times

Yemeni opposition fails to agree on terms of plan for ending Saleh’s rule

The Times

Opposition throws out Saleh offer to quit in return for immunity

IHS Global Insight: Country & Industry Forecasting

GCC steps up mediation effort in crisis-stricken Yemen

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly

GCC steps up mediation effort in Yemen

The Irish Times

UN discusses Yemen crisis as clashes continue

Sky World News

Monday April 18, 2011

The Irish Times

Rival army factions clash in Yemen

The Irish Times

Yemeni president rejects Gulf council ‘interference’ as protesters gather

The Times

Yemen deal proposed to halt bloodshed

BBC Radio 5

Up All Night (3:11:25 - 4:00:00)

The Irish Times

Ongoing clashes in Yemen leave three dead and several injured

BBC World Service

The World Today (0:26:36 - 0:55:00)

The Daily Beast

Yemen’s Looming Humanitarian Emergency

USA Today

15 people killed as Yemeni troops fire on protesters

The Times

Pressure on Saleh to resign as unrest threatens US war on al-Qaeda

The Times

15 protesters killed as Yemen leader ‘loses US backing’

BBC Radio 5

Up All Night (3:35:10 - 4:00)

The Times

Yemen protesters shot dead

The Sunday Times

Facebook Justice

The Daily Beast

Yemen’s Enigmatic Ruler



 

March

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly

Yemeni government withdraws from some some provinces as president warns of chaos

USA Today

Amid region’s unrest, al-Qaeda makes inroads in Yemen

The Irish Times

Turmoil will help al-Qaeda ‘regroup’

BBC Radio 5

Up All Night (3:21 - 3:27)

The Times

Islamic militants seize towns as Yemen slides

CBC News

Yemen unrest continues

The Irish Times

Saleh offers to transfer power into ‘safe hands’

The Times

From Yemen to Jordan, renewed protests

The Times

Saleh appeals to Saudi neighbours as rebellion gathers pace

The Times

Audio Dispatch: Pressure mounts on Yemen’s isolated leader

The Irish Times

Military mutiny raises prospect of civil war

The Irish Times

Civil war closer in Yemen as officers join opposition

The Times

Civil war looms in Yemen as army chiefs defect and call on President to quit.

BBC Radio 5

Up All Night (0:22:35 - 0:29:00)

The Times

Yemen military commanders defect leaving President isolated

The Sunday Times

Tanks sent to crush Yemen protests

BBC Radio 5

(Up all Night) (0:23:30 - 0:31:40)

The Irish Times

Yemen declares emergency after Sana’a slaughter

The Times

Yemen declares state of emergency after 45 protesters are shot dead

The Times

Security forces kill 43 anti-government protesters in Yemen

The Times

Three protesters shot as loyalists unleash violence in Yemen

The Times

Civil war fears in Yemen as tribal protesters seek arms and threaten troops

The Irish Times

Violence escalates as security ‘thugs’ clash with protesters

The Sunday Times

Defiant Saudis brave crackdown

The Irish Times

One dead, dozens hurt as calls persist for end to Saleh’s rule

The Times

Violence erupts in Yemen: the aftermath

(audio & video dispatch)

Index on Censorship

Yemen: Journalists as risk as protests spread

The Times

Soldiers shoot ten demonstrators in Yemen

The Irish Times

Saleh’s insistance on staying in office increases fear of impending violence

The Irish Times

Yemeni opposition calls for president to leave office

The Irish Times

Cleric calls for Islamic state as Yemeni protesters take to streets

USA Today

Yemen leader says US, Israel behind unrest

Th Irish Times

Yemen parties jostle for allegiance of the tribes



February

The Times

President who turned state into ‘family empire’ must leave, rival says

IHS Global Insight: Country & Industry Forecasting

Yemeni president seeks to shore up tribal support

Jane’s Intelligence Weekly

Yemen’s Saleh on the ropes

The Irish Times

Yemen clashes leave two dead after gunfigght in capital city

The Times

Tribesmen join students in Yemen protests

USA Today

Yemeni presdient rejects calls for resignation

The Times

Demonstrators in Yemen charged as President pleads for dialogue

USA Today

Protests continue in Arab World

The Times

Crowds on Yemen’s ‘Friday of Rage’ come under fire from security forces

The Times

Dozens injured as violence increases at Yemeni protests

The Irish Times

Pitched battles rage on streets of Sana’a

BBC World News

Rival supporters clash in Yemen’s capital

BBC World News

Violent Clashes at Yemeni protest

Democracy Now

Defying government repression, Yemeni protests continue for 6th day

The Irish Times

Protesters in Yemen meet hard line from government

Democracy Now

Yemeni forces use tasers, batons, knives and rifles to quash anti-government protests

CTV 

Yemenis protest against president for the 4th day

CTV

Yemen’s anti-government protests continue to grow

Index on Censorship

Yemen’s leader hopes brutality will scare protesters

USA Today

Mideast region watches as Yemen unrest builds

The Times

US Predator drone crashes in al-Qaeda hunt

Index on Censorship

Obama intervention puts Yemen reporter in jail

Index on Censorship

Yemen: pro and anti-government potesters face off

The Times

Many more take to streets in ‘days of rage’ across the region


The Irish Times

‘Day of rage’ passes in Yemen without factions clashing

The Times

Yemen leader vows to step down

USA Today

Eyes of the Middle East are on Egypt



January

Index on Censorship

Middle East: Will Yemen be next?

The Times

Protesters in Yemen call on President to step down after 32 years

Index on Censorship

Yemen: no place for change

The Times

Britain and US send more special forces to aid War on Terror



 

December


Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst

Tribal traditions in Yemen

The Yemen Times

US supplied ‘illegal’ arms to Saudi for war against Houthis

The Times

US secretly supplied weapons to help Saudi Arabia fight Yemen rebels

The Times

‘Secret’ US war on al-Qaeda in Yemen killing civilians

The Yemen Times

Deputy PM to answer Parliament’s questions on WikiLeaks

The Yemen Times 

WikiLeaks cables expose more government cover-ups

The Yemen Times 

Government remains silent over WikiLeaks revlations

 


 

November

 

The Yemen Times

New edition of Al-Qaeda magazine threatens West and mocks President 

The Times

Scotland Yard team investigated parcel bomb plot in Yemen 

Global Post

Yemen ups security, but skeptics remain 

The Yemen Times

Foreign investment in Yemen threatened by cargo ban 

The Times

Laid-back attitude as security misses the mark in Yemen airport  

The Times

Sister of accused student tells of attack on family by veiled women 

The Times

Al-Qaeda cargo bomb carried on passenger jets 

The Irish Times

Yemeni woman held over air cargo bomb plot released

 


October 

 

The Yemen Times

Press freedom uncertain as journalist appears in special criminal court

Index on Censorship

Yemen: Press freedom a distant hope

 The Yemen Times

Yemen’s deadly fight for land and water  

The Yemen Times

Protests sparked by Southern Movement leader’s arrest