Yemen

Burj AlSalam Boutique Hotel – A Tower of Peace in the Old City of Sana`a – Yemen
A sophisticated combination of past and present, traditions and modern, culture and comfort

Saada: Shia Yemenites Massacred by US-friendly Tyrant Ali Abdallah Saleh to Al Qaeda’s Great Bliss
The administrative division of Yemen is fake, and serves only to divide tribes and ethno-religious groups.

Yemen: A US-Ally Specialized in the Persecution of the Opponents of Islamic Extremism
The Shia Revolution at Saada, Yemen, revealed the ugly face of the tyranny of Ali Abdallah Saleh, an uneducated soldier.

Yemen: New HRW Report Denounces the Appalling Tyranny Against the Shia Majority
A Shia revolution in North Yemen, supported by the entire local population, became the target of the Yemenite tyrant Ali Abdallah Saleh’s ferocity and monstrosity.

Tolerant Muslims Massacred by Yemen’s US-friendly Tyrant Ali Abdallah Saleh, the Al Qaeda Lackey
The Challenge of Humanitarian Access in Yemen’s Forgotten War - HRW Report

Stop Yemen’s Hidden Darfur – Recognize the Yemenite Republic of Saada!
Yemen's uncouth dictator Ali Abdallah Saleh, by fighting against his own citizens and compatriots, executes orders and policies of Osama Bin Laden.

Saudi Arabia’s Najranis Demand UN-led Intervention, Referendum for Secession, Merge with Yemen
Najran Yemenites must be given the possibility to select the country they want to belong to by means of a UN-organized and monitored referendum.

Official Saudi Attacks Against Subjugated Shia Yemenites – Revelation of the Wahhabi Evilness
Longer Najran remains annexed in Saudi Arabia, greater the danger of a Shia revolt against Saudi Arabia is.

Najran Yemenites: Victims of English Colonialism and its Pawns, the Ignorant and Inane Wahhabis
Najran must be given the possibility to select the country they want to belong to by means of a UN-organized and monitored referendum.

A Paradise Turned to Hell: Yemenite Province Najran Annexed by Saudi Arabia
The Shia Yemenite Najranis have been terribly tyrannized and their persecution and oppression has been carried out by the English colonialism’s best children, the ominous Sunni Wahhabites of Saudi Arabia.

Restrictions on Free Expression and Information Exchange in Yemen, Unveiled in HRW Report
Yemen could be a wonderful alliance of five (5) states whereby the western concept of development would be differently addressed, adopted or rejected.

Arbitrary Arrest and Detention in Yemen – Ali Abdallah Saleh’s Tyranny Denounced in HRW Report
Ali Abdallah Saleh rules only to massacre Yemenites who reject the promotion of the Islamic Terrorism by the anti-Christian and anti-Islamic US - Saudi alliance.

Freedom and Independence for Mahra – South Yemen
Rebellion has started in many parts of the former territory of South Yemen, and it will not take long before the south becomes again free, independent, and prosper.

Enforced Disappearances in Yemen Exposed in the HRW Report
The HRW Report ‘Disappearances and Arbitrary Arrests in the Armed Conflict with Huthi Rebels in Yemen’ reveals the cruelty of the tyrannical Sunni Pan-Arabist regime of the corporal Ali Abdallah Saleh, who rules only due to Wahhabi Saudi and idiotic American support.

Devastating Human Rights Watch (HRW) Report on Yemen
The leading humanitarian NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released a report specialized mostly in the northern confines of Yemen whereby an all-out civil war has been taking place against the Al Houthi family of sheikhs and their numerous and determined followers for many long years.

Yemenite Connection and Viewpoints on the MV FAINA Piracy Crisis off the Somali Coast
The interest for the ongoing MV FAINA piracy crisis off the Somali coast shifts momentarily to Yemen.

Conservation of the Historic City of Zabid in Yemen
Preservation of Zabid on the World Heritage list constitutes a major contribution to the national image of Yemen as a cultural tourism destination.

Yemeni Police Arrest 19 After Deadly Suicide Bomb Attack on Us Embassy
Suspects linked to bombing that killed 16 yesterday are believed to have links with al-Qaida

Suicide Bomb Attack on Us Embassy in Yemen Kills 16
Attack, involving a double car bombing and machine-gun fire, bore all the hallmarks of al-Qaida

The Curse of Yemen
Yemenis' long-held fondness for chewing qat it is doing real damage to a very poor country, reports Ian Black from Sana'a

Yemen Terrorism: Soft Approach to Jihadists Starts to Backfire As Poverty Fuels Extremism
Ministers say that limited resources forced a dialog between state and terrorists

Soqotra – Land of the Dragon`s Blood Tree Exhibition on Display in Sana`a
A virtual living natural museum with unique plants and natural landscapes…

Socotra-Dioskouridou Island, Exemplary Multicultural Society of Past Times
Projected to the entire world, viewed at a global scale, the Soqotran model of multicultural society of the Antiquity must be widely studied.

Hadhramawt, the ‘Frankincense-bearing Country’
Hadhramawt was called in a purely narrative but most attractive way, the Frankincense-bearing country (in Greek: ‘he Libanotoforos Khora’), in the Late Antiquity.

Yemen’s Historical Prevalence in the Red Sea Straits Area
The current realities at the strategic area of the Bab al Mandeb straits at the southern end of the Red Sea can be better assessed through the study of the Periplus of the Red Sea, a 20-century old text.

Yemen’s Historical Vocation in the Red Sea, and the Periplus of the Red Sea
History proved that instead of separating, the Bab al Mandeb Straits bring one close to another all around the two coasts.

Colonial Biases in Support of Barbaric Arabia, and Against Civilized Yemen
The historical divide between Civilized Yemen and Barbaric Arabia must be studied by the US administration in view of re-considering approaches to the deceitful alliance with the arch-terrorist state of Saudi Arabia.

Stop the Mad, ‘US Friendly’, Islamic Terrorist - Dictator of Yemen!
Northern Yemen will soon face its own Darfur, and then it will probably become another wasp nest for Islamic Terrorism. Then, perhaps Ossama Bin Laden will return home as hero.....

Yemen Today – New Magazine For New Yemen –Interview With Managing Editor Mohammed Al-Asaadi
Yemen Today is needed more than at anytime in order to address variety of issues in a professional manner

Opening Window Of Change With YemenPortal Net - Interview With Walid AlSaqaf
Yemen portal idea is something different, something new, and something inspiring for Yemen.

Yemeni Businessman Munir Ali Daair Speak Out On Investing in Yemen, Interview
For those who are willing and capable to invest in resources, Yemen is probably one of the best places to be in the region.

Tourists Feared Among Dead in Yemen Blast
At least five people were killed in a car bombing today at a tourist site in Yemen's northeastern province of Mareb, police said.

Oromo Migrants in Yemen fear deportation
According to IRIN, the Humanitarian News and Analysis of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the situation of Oromos is Yemen reaches the limits of tragic, as the fear of exportation is dangling over them ceaselessly.

The Encyclopedia Of The Indian Diaspora Documenting One Of The World’s Great Diasporic Movements
Compendium on Indians settled overseas during the past few centuries. First of its kind, the illustrated book documents one of the great overseas citizenry.

Qarnow Tourism and Heritage Festival - AlJawf, Yemen 13-15 Dec 2006
Utopian dream at its best in the great wilderness beyond. A range of superb camel, horse-riding, trekking and tour options to nearby villages, natural and historic attractions.

Stampede at Yemen Election Rally Kills 51
At least 51 people were killed and more than 230 injured in a stampede in a Yemeni stadium where President Ali Abdullah Salih was holding a pre-election rally, a Yemeni official said.

The Wadis of Hadhramaut
Gardens of palm trees and fascinating shaped mud buildings, a welcoming smile and music. In Hadhramaut music is devotion, appreciation and love.

Democracy Conference Puts Yemen In Spotlight
Sana’a Conference on Democracy, Political Reforms and Freedom of Expression 25-26 June 2006 in Sanaa, Yemen

Yemeni Unity 16 Years On – A Reflection
Yemen is celebrating this month the 16th Anniversary of its Unification. Yemen today is sending a different message to the world. That it is fast completing its business infrastructure and due to its location across the Horn of Africa, it presents itself as an attractive option to both local and international investors.

Chewing the Qat
Sectarian and religious divides make ending war in northern Yemen a difficult task, writes Rory McCarthy.

Walking In The Cloud On Razih Mountain In Yemen
Meadows and wild flowers shrouded in the mist. Castles in the air, the smell of time and the art of being. These are changing times.

Call to Reinstate Papers Closed in Cartoon Row
Press freedom groups have urged the Yemeni government to reinstate three independent newspapers which were closed after reprinting the controversial Danish cartoons.

Migrating Worlds -Yemeni Hadhramis in South East Asia
Report on conference on Yemeni Hadhramis in South East Asia held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The key figure in this system is the small Yemeni Hadhrami trader, who often like Sindbad the sailor, risked his life and capital to set sail upon the sea and to go about the islands of South East Asia buying and selling.

Italian Hostages in Yemen Released
Five Italians taken hostage by tribesmen in Yemen were released unharmed early today after six days in captivity.

Yemen On The Road To Future - A Reflection On 2005 And Challenges Ahead
I understand Yemen from position of syntheses of dreams, as an oasis in the flow of world events.

Retired German Diplomat and Family Seized in Yemen
A retired German diplomat and four members of his family were kidnapped in Yemen yesterday, apparently by tribesmen seeking the release of prisoners.

Awkward squad gets a hearing
It began with George Bush on Wednesday morning and ended last night with His Excellency Abdullah-Mohammed Al-Saidi, chairman of the delegation from Yemen. Squeezed in between were 159 other world leaders, each given roughly five minutes at the podium.

The Voyages of Zheng He - The Fleet of the Dragon in the Yemeni Waters
The big picture is that China is open, the message is that Zheng He foreshadowed China’s 21st century emergence as a world power. China’s first big ocean trader stands for peaceful coexistence and scientific navigation.

Socotra – Dioskouridou Island as multi-cultural society, according to the Periplus of the Red Sea
Completing his earlier narratives about Yemen, the Alexandrian Egyptian author of the Periplus of the Red Sea refers to the Socotra - Dioscouridou island, and mentions details about an advanced multicultural society that had been formed thanks to the East - West maritime trade.

Hadhramawt, as ‘the Frankincense-bearing Country’, and Yemen's Indian Oceanside according to the 'Periplus of the Red Sea'
Through this article, we 'visit' the ancient Yemenite state of Hadhramawt, which is called by the author of the 'Periplus of the Red Sea' in a purely narrative but most attractive way, the Frankincense-bearing Country (in Greek: ‘e Libanotoforos Khora’).

Yemen and the Bab el Mandeb straits according to the ‘Periplus of the Red Sea’
The current realities at the strategic area of the Bab al Mandeb straits at the southern end of the Red Sea can be better assessed through the study of the 20-century old text 'Periplus of the Red Sea'. History proved that instead of separating, the Bab al Mandeb Straits bring people around the two coasts close to each other.

Yemen and its Red Seaside according to the ‘Periplus of the Red Sea’
Through the excerpts of the ‘Periplus of the Red Sea’, we realize that Yemen’s interaction with the Axumite kingdom on the Eastern coast of Africa was due to common understanding of the mutual need for the best exploitation of the Red Sea’s geophysical and meteorological traits.

Civilized Yemen vs. Barbaric Arabia: the historical divide will shape the future
The historical divide between Civilized Yemen and Barbaric Arabia must be studied by the US administration in view of re-arranging Yemen's future on the basis of its genuine historical and cultural identity that opposes Yemen to the Wahabite barbarism and bogus- Islamic extremism.

Yemen’s Past and Perspectives are in Africa, not a fictitious 'Arab' world
In the years ahead, Yemen may have another chance of progress and radiation. This will happen only if the Yemenites assess better their non-Arabic history and identity. Yemen should join other Eastern African countries in an economic, political, and cultural union, closing the door to the fictitious Arab world.

Detainees 'deprived of Daylight'
Two men in a Yemeni prison were held at a US secret detention centre in solitary confinement for more than one and a half years without seeing daylight, according to Amnesty International.

Sokotra Island, A Dream In The World... A Garden In The Indian Ocean
The unique character makes Socotra a potential candidate for a World heritage site or a MAB Diosphere reserve. The Yemeni island of Soktora presents an opportunity and challenge for the mankind.

Sanaa The City Of White
Scented with thousand scents...but when I saw its white minarets and domes first, the city granted me its fragrance and said: come..

Beni Hushaish: The Valley Of Grapes And Raisins In Yemen
An hour drive north from Sanaa, the grapes and raisins are a staff of live. They are part of every day meal day after day, year after year....

Buraa Forest In Yemen A Possible World Heritage Site
The Buraa forest is listed as a possible UNESCO World heritage site. An unique habitat in Arabia and the best example of valley forest where there is continuous woodland for about a kilometer.

When Yemen Blooms
Despite little rainfalls, the fields are green with apricot trees, almond and walnut groves in bloom. Yemen magnificent fanfare of blooms is one of the countries most striking aspects.

Guantánamo Prisoners Win Transfer Reprieve
The Bush administration ran into its first roadblock in its plans to sharply reduce the prison population at Guantánamo Bay at the weekend, when a US judge forbade the transfer of 13 inmates to Yemen for fear they would be tortured.

Banaadir - The Country Of Harbors
The historical profile of the Banaadir started probably in Mesopotamia, crossed Yemen and reached the East coast of Africa where the Banaadiri civilization grew and flourished. A profile and book review.

Sadah - Profile Of A Yemeni Governorate
Welcome Cardemon! Bordering on Saudi ARaiba this Yemeni region has some of the most fertile lands, best wadis, grapes, fruits and much animals...a profile of the Yemeni region.

Business Yemen
Arabia Felix the ancients called Yemen for its fertility and frankincense. The Land of plenty is now open for business and investment...

Yemeni Contemporary Art: Building On The Past
Dazzling formats, the Yemeni theme, past splendor, delicate threads, and messages abound.

From Marib The Sabean Capital To Carantania
Their life was the caravan, their life the most unexpected of voyages. The link between ancient Yemeni Sabean kingdom and ancient Slovenian State of Carantania uncovered...

Yemen - Claiming Future
Secluded behind its mountain barriers, the Yemen maintained a reputation for unusual mystery. An overview of economic development of Republic of Yemen. Unlike the Arab Peninsula it stands on the cross-roads...

Yemen and the Poverty in Power
Yemen exhibits virtually all the characteristics of an area that, in classic paradigm of international intrigue, presents it as a virtual prisoner of external player. Yemen is a young democracy occupying a strategic position in the equation of Red Sea and Indian Ocean politics.

What News From Those Sands Whiter
AlRub AlKhali or Empty Quarter is the great desert of Suthern Arabia. I went there just in time to write down some oral poetry. And before man lost or gave up his battle with nature. The human strength and weakness, the only elements needed for the powerful and strong being the triumph.

Wadi Khabb - the Desert Garden of Yemen
A Journey of colors: Situated on the western edge of the forbidding sands, and hour drive from Najran, is the Wadi Khabb valley, whose fertile soils have been cultivated by man since time immemorial.

Death for Uss Cole Bombing
A Yemeni court sentenced two men to death and jailed four others yesterday for their roles in a bombing which killed 17 American sailors and almost sank a £540m guided-missile destroyer. The USS Cole was refuelling in Aden harbour on October 12 2000 when two men sailed an...

Two Sentenced to Death for Uss Cole Attack
A Yemeni judge today sentenced two men to death for orchestrating the suicide bombing of the USS Cole, in which 17 US sailors were killed. The judge sentenced four others to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years for the attack on the destroyer on October 12 2000. Terrorists struck as...

Yemeni Forces Kill Anti-us Cleric
Yemeni forces yesterday killed an anti-American cleric and dozens of his supporters, apparently ending a rebellion that cost the lives of up to 600 civilians, rebels and troops, according to unofficial estimates. Hussein al-Houthi, a former member of parliament and a prominent figure in...

Treat the Cause, Not the Symptoms
A Yemeni judge is pioneering a religious re-education programme for Islamic militant prisoners and claims a 90% success rate, writes Brian Whitaker

Guantanamo Bay Pair Face First Charges
The Bush administration laid the first charges yesterday against two of the 650 people it is holding at Guantanamo Bay, but it does not allege they were directly involved in violence. The two men, a Yemeni and a Sudanese national, are alleged to have served as bodyguards to the al-Qaida...

Terror Suspect Admits Yemen Plot
An al-Qaeda plot to use a truck bomb to blow up the British embassy in Yemen was foiled just weeks before an identical attack killed the British ambassador and 11 other people in Turkey. News of the plan came as Yemeni officials announced that a leading al-Qaeda figure has confessed to...

Shock at Martial Arts Fan's Suicide Attack
Community leaders and friends were shocked to learn yesterday that a young martial arts enthusiast from Sheffield had blown himself up in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq. A story in the Yemeni newspaper Al Ayyam claimed that Wail al Dhaleai, 22, a Muslim who fled from Yemen three years ago,...

Disbelief at Martial Arts Fan's Suicide Bombing
Community leaders and friends reacted with shock yesterday to reports that a young martial arts enthusiast from Sheffield had blown himself up in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq. A story in the Yemeni newspaper Al Ayyam claimed that Wail al Dhaleai, 22, a Muslim who fled from Yemen three...

Saudi Missile Haul Raises Fears of Air Attack
Saudi authorities have seized a lorry load of surface-to-air missiles which had been smuggled into the country from Yemen, adding to fears over the safety of aircraft in the kingdom, it was reported yesterday. The SAM missiles are said to have been concealed on a two-deck car transporter...

USS Cole suspects escape
Yemeni security forces were hunting 10 prime suspects in the al-Qaida bombing of the USS Cole yesterday after they escaped from prison.

Two killed as Arab anger grows
Two people were shot dead in Yemen yesterday as anti-war protesters staged the biggest demonstrations yet across the Arab world.

The key organisers
Ramzi bin Al Shibh: Yemeni, a key member of the al-Qaida Hamburg cell, who allegedly knew Mohammed Atta, leader of the September 11 hijackers. Status captured in September 2002

General Yahya al-Mutawakkil
Yahya al-Mutawakkil, who has been killed, aged 59, in a road accident, was a Yemeni politician who believed in pluralism, abhorred religious extremism and sought to minimise tribal political influences. He earned the enmity of many, and survived an attempted poisoning in the 1990s.

Yemen Interrogation Links Hospital Killings to Islamist Cell
The Yemeni authorities investigating the murder of three American missionaries have arrested "scores" of Islamist militants, a security official said yesterday. They hope that interrogating them will cast light on an extremist cell of five to eight people which is alleged to have targeted...

Yemen Rounds Up Terror Suspects
The authorities in Yemen have arrested "scores" of Muslim militants in a crackdown against suspected terrorists after the killing of three US missionaries and the assassination of a veteran politician, security officials said today. Jarallah Omar, the deputy secretary general of the...

Three Us Missionaries Shot Dead in Yemen
A militant Muslim seeking to "get closer" to God shot dead three American missionaries and wounded a fourth at a Baptist hospital in Yemen yesterday. The gunman entered the hospital cradling what appeared to be a small child inside his jacket but then pulled out a semi-automatic rifle,...

Sailing On, the Ship With a Hold Full of Scud Missiles
US forced to let North Korean arms go free. America's doctrine of pre-emptive strikes misfired at its first outing yesterday when the US navy was humiliatingly forced to release a seized shipment of North Korean missiles and allow its passage to Yemen.

Yemen Wants Missiles Back
Yemen today demanded the return of a North Korean Scud missile shipment intercepted by US and Spanish forces in the Arabian sea as a diplomatic crisis grew over the seizure. The Yemeni foreign minister, Abu Bakr al-Kerbi, summoned the US ambassador to protest against the impounding of the...

Threats Close Uk Yemen Embassy
Britain's embassy in Yemen has been closed to the public amid evidence that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network is shifting its focus towards attacking allies of the US. An official at the embassy, contacted by telephone yesterday, said: "We don't know how long the threat is going to last...

The Golden Rulemakers
It was founded on humanitarian principles, but now the interests of money and power are driving the UN. When Yemen voted against attacking Iraq in 1990, the American government described its vote as "the most expensive 'no' in history".

Supertanker attack fears underline global market anxieties
Oil prices rose sharply yesterday on fears that damage to a supertanker off Yemen were caused by terrorists - but ended steady.

French anti-terror team investigates Limburg blast
A team from the French counter-intelligence agency DST travelled to Yemen last night to investigate the explosion in the French supertanker Limburg.

France opens inquiry into Yemen tanker blast
Anti-terrorist prosecutors in France today opened a preliminary inquiry into an explosion that yesterday left a French supertanker blazing off the Yemeni coast.

US Elite Force Gets Ready for Yemen Raid
The United States is deploying special forces and CIA agents in the Horn of Africa area in an operation that appears to be aimed against al-Qaida members in Yemen. The move coincides with the arrests of Yemeni nationals and al-Qaida suspects in the United States and in Pakistan...

Iraqi revealed as owner of weapons ship
Registration documents have confirmed that the weapons ship seized by Israel in the Red Sea last week is owned by an Iraqi based in Yemen, and not by the Palestinian Authority as Israel has claimed. A Lebanese shipping company sold Karine A - known at the time as Rim K - for $400,000...

Yemen: Violence dominates lawless province
Marib, the scene of yesterday's conflict in which 12 people are reported to have been killed, is simultaneously Yemen's most important province and its most lawless. It produces 40% of the country's oil (its only significant export) and the pipeline that carries this to the sea has often been...