- 13:13 26/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hailed progress in Yemen’s efforts to restore stability and security in the country and confirmed Russia’s intention to strengthen bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin press office said on its website on Sunday.
- 05:01 21/02/2012 DUBAI, February 21 (RIA Novosti)
Yemen will hold on Tuesday presidential elections marred by political uncertainty and spreading anarchy in the volatile Arab nation
- 04:02 09/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 9 (RIA Novosti)
Yemen’s interim government has approved a draft law of amnesty, which gives President Ali Abdullah Saleh and all his aides immunity from any prosecution, the official Saba news agency reported.
- 15:14 02/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 2 (RIA Novosti)
At least three people have died in fresh clashes between anti-regime protesters and security forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Iranian TV channel Press TV reported on Monday.
- 15:50 21/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 21 (RIA Novosti)
Four Russian citizens have been killed in the ongoing conflict in Yemen, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
- 05:31 11/12/2011 MOSCOW, December 11 (RIA Novosti)
Yemеn's government of national unity took oath in the capital Sana'a, the Al Sahwah news portal said.
- 01:29 22/10/2011 UNITED NATIONS, October 22 (RIA Novosti)
The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed on Friday a resolution urging Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down and condemning his government's deadly crackdown on the opposition.
- 13:41 21/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti)
The Yemeni opposition is confident that Russia will support the UN Security Council resolution on Yemen as it “reflects the people’s striving for change and a peaceful solution to the conflict,” top Yemeni opposition figures said on Friday.
- 09:59 16/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti)
The Yemeni servicemen who joined the opposition called on the UN Security Council to interfere to save the pro-democracy movement in the country as the government continued to use force to crack down on protesters, local media reported on Sunday.
- 04:21 16/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti)
About 7,000 servicemen from Yemen's Republican Guard and elite security forces joined the opposition, Al Arabiya said on Sunday citing a rebel general.
- 18:03 06/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti)
A Russian vessel detained in Yemeni territorial waters in the Red Sea on Tuesday has been released, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
- 18:53 05/10/2011 MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti)
Any UN resolution on Yemen should reflect the actual situation in that country, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Wednesday.
- 18:00 03/10/2011 PARIS, October 3 (RIA Novosti) -
France called on the UN United Nations Security Council to closely monitor the situation in Yemen and make a strong statement on any outbreak of violence in the country, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on Monday.
- 15:10 28/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti)
Rebel forces in Yemen have shot down a government Su-22 Soviet-built ground-attack aircraft not far from the capital Sanaa, local tribal sources were quoted as saying by world media on Wednesday.
- 23:26 25/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 25 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Abdullah Ali Saleh expressed his readiness to transfer power through early elections in the country, local media reported on Sunday.
- 09:17 23/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 23 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to his home country after spending three months in a Saudi hospital.
- 11:41 20/09/2011
At least one protester was killed and 15 others were wounded on Monday in clashes between anti-regime demonstrators and security forces in the city of Taiz in southern Yemen, according to witnesses.
Amateur video released on Monday by a group that calls itself FreedomTaiz purported to show security forces firing their weapons in the direction of a crowd of demonstrators.
- 17:56 19/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti)
Russia's Foreign Ministry has urged the government and opposition forces in Yemen to give up violence and start negotiations.
- 01:18 30/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 30 (RIA Novosti)
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Monday he was committed to holding early presidential elections.
- 10:22 13/08/2011 RIYADH, August 13 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would not resign until two of his fierce opponents leave the country, the Al-Khaleej paper said quoting an opposition spokesman.
- 15:17 12/08/2011 MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti)
The possible formation of the so-called National Council by the opposition in Yemen will be viewed as an attempt at a "constitutional coup," a Yemeni deputy information minister said on Friday.
- 04:35 07/08/2011 RIYADH, August 7 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh left hospital on Saturday, more than two months after being wounded in a bomb attack on his residence in Sanaa, but will remain in Riyadh, a Saudi government source said.
- 19:40 01/07/2011 RIYADH, July 1 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh - injured in a rocket attack on his compound on June 3 - will spend up to six months in hospital in Saudi Arabia, a source close to Saleh told RIA Novosti on the condition of anonymity.
- 18:06 26/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has not been seen in public since a rocket attack on his compound earlier this month, will make an address to the nation within the next 48 hours, Xinhua news agency quoted his aide as saying on Sunday.
- 14:37 22/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni opposition tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar urged the king of Saudi Arabia to prevent President Ali Abdullah Saleh's return to the country from Riyadh where he is undergoing medical treatment, Al Basheer news website reported on Wednesday.
- 17:12 21/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 21 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is in good health and has started receiving visitors, the Saudi portal Al-Watan said on Tuesday, citing a Yemeni diplomatic source.
- 14:17 20/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is expected to return to the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Friday after undergoing medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, the Elaph news web portal said on Monday.
- 11:29 14/06/2011 MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti)
A third Russian Emergency Situations Ministry plane with a total of 39 Russian and CIS evacuees on board has left Yemen for Russia, the ministry reported.
- 05:18 14/06/2011
A third Russian Emergencies Ministry plane has left Russia for Yemen to evacuate Russian and CIS nationals, the ministry reported.
- 19:18 13/06/2011
A second Russian Emergency Situations Ministry plane arrived in Moscow from Yemen on Monday with another 27 Russian and CIS citizens on board, bringing the total number evacuated to 175.
- 11:44 13/06/2011
Russia's Emergencies Ministry plane with 119 Russians evacuated from Yemen, has landed in Moscow on Monday, the ministry said.
- 01:28 13/06/2011
Two planes dispatched by Russia's Emergencies Ministry have evacuated a total of 175 Russian citizens from Yemen due to escalating violence in the country, the ministry said.
- 15:43 12/06/2011
Russia's Emergencies Ministry on Sunday sent two planes to Yemen to evacuate Russian nationals willing to leave the country, which is teetering on the brink of a civil war.
- 05:01 10/06/2011
Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations will send two planes on Friday to Yemen to evacuate Russian nationals willing to leave the country, which is teetering on the brink of a civil war.
- 16:32 09/06/2011
Russia may take additional measures to ensure the safety of Russian nationals in Yemen, which is teetering on the brink of a civil war, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.
- 15:35 09/06/2011
Russia may take additional measures to ensure the security of Russian nationals in Yemen, which has been on the brink of a civil war, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.
- 19:33 07/06/2011
Yemen’s opposition has yet to prove itself as a valid ruling force if it succeeds in ousting President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power. Alexei Sarabyev, research fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Eastern Studies, explains how Saleh has been instrumental in maintaining unity in Yemen, despite his shortcomings, and says that Russia’s stance on the matter is a key factor influencing possible foreign intervention.
- 12:24 07/06/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh suffered burns on 40 percent of his body and a collapsed lung after being injured in an attack on his presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, CNN reported citing U.S. government officials.
- 01:42 05/06/2011
Yemen's Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has assumed the role of acting president and supreme commander of the armed forces, Al Jazeera reported citing anonymous sources.
- 15:34 04/06/2011
Russia will evacuate 14 diplomats from Yemen to Moscow by the nearest flight, a diplomatic source said on Saturday.
- 01:25 04/06/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in a televised audio address late on Friday night that he was "well and in good health" after being injured in an attack on his presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, Al Jazeera repored.
- 22:14 03/06/2011
An attack targeting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday killed at least three bodyguards and wounded several senior officials, Yemen's state news agency Saba reported.
- 18:10 03/06/2011
Heavy fighting on Thursday night between forces loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and supporters of the al-Ahmar clan, has caused widespread damage to buildings in the capital Sanaa.
- 17:42 03/06/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh received light wounds on Friday during an armed attack by opposition tribesmen on the presidential palace, Al-Arabiya television channel reported.
- 17:10 02/06/2011
Russia urged its citizens on Thursday to leave Yemen in the wake of the growing tensions in the capital, Sanaa.
- 16:05 26/05/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered the arrest of tribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar on Thursday following a night of deadly clashes in Sanaa, al Jazeera reported.
- 23:00 25/05/2011
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged on Wednesday an end to clashes between Yemeni protesters and government troops in the capital of Saana
- 05:16 25/05/2011
The Russian Foreign Ministry has urged Russian citizens to avoid visits to Yemen due to escalating political crisis in the Arab country.
- 05:31 24/05/2011
Armed tribesmen killed a dozen of servicemen and seized ministry and media offices in the capital Sanaa.
- 15:18 14/05/2011
Opposition in Yemen has announced it would start a week of decisive actions seeking to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Al-Jazeera said on Saturday.
- 03:44 09/05/2011
At least two people were killed and ten injured when police opened fire at people, who tried to join an anti-government protest in the southwest of Yemen.
- 16:55 06/05/2011
The Yemeni opposition on Friday refused to sign a deal with President Ali Abdullah Saleh's representatives after Saleh refused to sign it personally, Arab media reported.
- 23:50 30/04/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has refused to sign a power transition plan which would see his resignation within 30 days, a source in Yemen's opposition said on Saturday.
- 22:37 26/04/2011
A power transition plan between Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the opposition could be signed on Saturday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Al Jazeera reported.
- 19:03 24/04/2011
Protesters in Yemen are calling for the immediate departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh despite a transition plan brokered by Persian Gulf nations under which he would step down.
- 04:16 24/04/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has accepted the power transition plan, proposed by Gulf Arab mediators, under which he will have to resign soon.
- 22:36 21/04/2011 Yelena Suponina, Moscow News political analyst
Yemen is teetering on the brink of civil war, and yet the UN Security Council has failed to produce even a joint political statement on the situation there, much less a concrete plan of action to avert this disastrous outcome.
- 17:40 05/04/2011
Over 400 demonstrators were wounded on Tuesday in clashes with police in the Yemeni city of Taiz, the Al Jazeera TV channel reported.
- 13:12 04/04/2011
Witnesses said thousands of people in southern Yemen took to the streets to demand that their president step down, and that police attacked the demonstrators with tear gas, batons and bullets.
- 17:06 31/03/2011
Russia has reiterated its call on its citizens in Yemen to urgently leave the country, where an unrest has claimed dozens of lives.
- 20:56 26/03/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told Al Arabiya television on Saturday that he is ready to leave power "with respect and dignity."
- 22:10 20/03/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh dismissed on Sunday the government of Prime Minister Ali Mujawar, SABA Yemeni news agency reported.
- 13:44 10/03/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has pledged to put a new constitution to a referendum this year and create a parliamentary system in the country, world media reported Thursday.
- 16:04 01/03/2011
The United Nations human rights chief, Navi Pillay, has warned authorities in Yemen against any attempts to use force against protesters.
- 13:04 25/02/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered the creation of a special committee to start dialogue with opposition leaders, local media reported on Friday.
- 11:33 24/02/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered the country's security forces to protect protesters trying to force him out of power and loyalists alike, Al Arabiya reported on Thursday.
- 16:14 14/02/2011
At least 3,000 protestors gathered on Monday on the streets of Yemen's capital Sanaa in a hopes of repeating the success of the recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and to oust their long-standing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
- 19:59 13/02/2011
Yemeni opposition parties announced on Sunday their plans to hold national dialogue with the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) has reported.
- 04:09 04/02/2011
U.S. President Barack Obama has called on his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdullah Saleh to follow up his pledge of democratic reforms in the country with "concrete actions".
- 13:54 02/02/2011
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Wednesday he would not seek reelection after his term expires in 2013, international media reported.
- 05:18 30/01/2011
Dozens of people took to the streets in Yemen on Saturday to support the Egyptians' protest against President Hosni Mubarak.
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