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Forces clash with rebels, kill 20: Yemen

Last Updated: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 14:20

Yemen`s armed forces have clashed with Shi`ite rebels in the north, killing 20, state media reported on Sunday, a day after the insurgents said they accepted the government`s terms for a ceasefire.

Yemen Shi`ite rebel leader seriously wounded: Agency

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 17:52

The leader of the Yemeni Shi`ite rebels fighting the govt, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has been seriously wounded, state media quoted a Yemeni official as saying.

Tribesmen kill 10 Shi`ite rebels: Yemen

Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 14:13

Pro-government Yemen tribesmen have killed 10 Shi`ite rebels after they tried to take up positions in homes in a northern town, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

Yemen forces kill 19 Shi`ite rebels, arrest 25

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 14:26

Yemeni forces killed 19 rebels in a military operation to `cleanse` a northern town of Shi`ite rebel hideouts, and arrested 25 more, the country`s security apparatus said.

Saudi troops killed in Yemen rebel clashes: Report

Last Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009, 11:19

Three Saudi soldiers were killed and an unspecified number wounded as they fought to stop new cross-border raids by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-owned daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on its website on Sunday.

Over 80 civilians killed in Yemen air raid: Reports

Last Updated: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 13:28

More than 80 civilians were killed in an air raid which struck a camp of displaced people in northern Yemen, in the fifth week of a government offensive on Shi’ite rebels, witnesses said on Thursday.

Yemen rebels deny breaking ceasefire

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 15:25

Yemen rebels on Sunday denied government accusations that they had broken a truce and said authorities were using humanitarian issues as a pretext to press ahead with attacks against them in the north of the country.