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YEMEN

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2015
Pakistan evacuates hundreds during pause in Yemen airstrikes: Saudi official
Pakistan evacuated about 500 of its nationals by plane from Yemen on Sunday during a brief pause in airstrikes by a Saudi-led military coalition against Shiite Muslim Houthi forces, a Saudi military spokesman said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2015
Diplomats, U.N. staffers flee Yemen as Houthis target Aden
Saudi Arabia's navy evacuated dozens of diplomats from Yemen on Saturday and the United Nations pulled out international staff after a third night of Saudi-led airstrikes trying to stem advances by Iranian-allied Houthi fighters.
WORLD
Mar 28, 2015
Riyadh's Yemen gamble may define future regional role
Saudi Arabia's campaign to stop the Houthis from ruling over Yemen could define its role in the Middle East for years and shape its regional struggle with the rebels' ally Iran.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2015
Elite Iranian guards training Yemen's Houthis -U.S. officials
The United States is increasingly concerned about training by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards for the Houthi rebels in Yemen, where Shiite militias continue to make territorial gains despite airstrikes by neighboring Saudi Arabia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2015
Another civil war in Yemen
There has not been a 25-year period since the seventh century when there was not a civil war of one sort or another in Yemen. But the one this time is frightening the neighbors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015
Saudi bombs prop up failing ally in Yemen after Shiite rebel gains
Saudi Arabia led airstrikes against Shiite rebels in Yemen as it seeks to prop up an allied government facing the loss of its last remaining stronghold.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2015
Oil leaps 5%, most in a month, on Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen
Oil jumped about 5 percent on Thursday, the biggest daily gain in a month, as airstrikes in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies sparked fears that escalation of the Middle East battle could disrupt world crude supplies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2015
As U.S. exits Yemen, foes square off amid Saudi-Iran rivalry
Yemen's top factions are squaring off for battle after months of skirmishes, turning respectively to neighboring Saudi Arabia and its regional rival Iran for help in what may become all-out war.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2015
Iran's 'empire' grows ahead of nuclear deal
With Iran moving closer to a deal with world powers to constrain its nuclear program in return for an end to sanctions, Arab analysts and leaders are focused more on how Tehran is working unfettered to tighten its grip on Arab states, from Iraq to Lebanon, and Syria to Yemen.
WORLD
Mar 24, 2015
Pullout won't stop strikes on extremists in Yemen: U.S.
The U.S. will keep targeting extremists in Yemen even though the temporary pullout of American personnel there will hamper counterterrorism efforts, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2015
U.N. paints Iraq-Libya-Syria scenario for Yemen conflict
The United Nations warned on Sunday that Yemen's conflict could become an "Iraq-Libya-Syria" scenario if either side pushes for control of the country, prompting the U.N. Security Council to threaten further measures if the hostilities do not end.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2015
Gunmen kidnap Frenchwoman and Yemeni driver in Sanaa
Gunmen kidnapped a Frenchwoman and her Yemeni driver in Yemen's capital on Tuesday morning as she was on her way to work, Yemeni security sources and French authorities said.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2015
Yemen's disintegration
Sustained chaos in Yemen could allow violent groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaida to use the country as a base for operations elsewhere.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2015
This is no time to abandon Yemen
To ensure that the recent overthrow of its government by the Shiite Houthi rebel movement does not deal Yemen the lethal blow that it has avoided so far, the international community must not abandon the country in what may be its hour of greatest need.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2015
Turkey closes Yemen embassy after telling citizens to leave
Turkey has closed its embassy in Yemen, the Foreign Ministry in Ankara said on Monday, the latest of a number of foreign powers to withdraw their diplomats as the country's civil conflict worsens.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2015
Forces loyal to ex-president take over part of Aden
Forces loyal to Yemen's former president seized government buildings in the southern city of Aden on Monday after a five-hour battle, sources said, escalating a civil conflict that threatens to split the country in two.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2015
Yemen's last Jews reluctantly eye exodus after Islamist militia takeover
A few worried families are all that remain of Yemen's ancient Jewish community, and they too may soon flee after a Shiite Muslim militia seized power in the strife-torn country this month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 12, 2015
Widow of Paris gunman reportedly in Islamic State territory
A magazine run by the Islamic State militant organization has published an interview with the French widow of a Paris hostage taker, its first official claim that Hayat Boumeddiene is in their territory, which spans parts of Syria and Iraq.
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