A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
- By PressTV A report says Saudi Arabia has occupied lands in neighboring Yemen following the discovery of a large oilfield with considerable in-situ reserves close to the border region. A source in Yemen’s presidential office, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Sunday that Saudi border guards had advanced about three kilometers (1.8 miles) […]
- By Jeremy Scahill On February 2, 2011, President Obama called Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The two discussed counterterrorism cooperation and the battle against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. At the end of the call, according to a White House read-out, Obama “expressed concern” over the release of a man named Abdulelah Haider […]
By Department of Monitoring, Kavkaz Center Units of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) captured the town of Radda, 170 km from the capital of Yemen, Sana’a, report Western media outlets with reference to representatives of local puppet authorities and local residents. The Mujahideen entered the town in the province of al Baydah on Sunday […]
By United Press International SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 9 (UPI) — All members of the administration of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh are shielded from the law, a draft measure submitted by the vice president said. Saleh endured protests against his government for much of 2011. The president spent much of the summer at a military […]
By The Associated Press Sanaa, Yemen – Suspicions are mounting in Yemen that outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh is trying to wiggle out of a U.S.-backed deal meant to bring his 33-year, autocratic rule to an end. Both opposition leaders and officials close to the president said Thursday they remain unconvinced that Saleh is serious […]
By Mohammed Al Qadhi SANAA // Tens of thousands protested in Sanaa, Taiz and other cities, demanding the outgoing president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, be prosecuted for the killings of more than 1,100 people, including three yesterday, since the uprising against him began a year ago. On Saturday, an aide to Mr Saleh said the president […]
![The "March for Life" rally from Taiz to the capital began on Tuesday [AFP]](http://alhittin.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/march-for-life-yemen.jpg?w=280&h=165&crop=1)
Yemeni security forces killed several protesters in Sanaa after opening fire at a march against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who on his part said he would go to the United States in order to allow an interim government to prepare for an election to replace him, but did not specify when he would leave. Saleh, […]
After months of evasion, procrastination and defiance, Yemeni puppet “president” Ali Abdullah Saleh had one more surprise up his sleeve: he signed a Gulf accord which, on paper at least, stripped him of his powers, writes Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman. He went on this step under intense pressure by the US and the Saudi regime, which […]
[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is severe in penalty.[The Holy Quran, 3:11]
