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Yemen Observer — Our correspondent received news on Saturday that an armed group attempted to kidnap the Bulgarian ambassador to Yemen on Saturday evening in the capital, Sana’a. Eye witnesses said that a group of armed men which according to the authorities could be linked to al-Qaeda tried to abduct the diplomat, a trend which sadly has been plaguing Yemen for the past few months.
Yemen Observer — The process to lead reformation in Yemen has been relatively peaceful compared to some other Arab countries that are going through similar processes. The conflicts were partially solved; or rather a mechanism was placed in for their solution through the GCC initiative which was signed last November.
Yemen Observer — A total of 28 people were killed on Saturday following clashes and shelling between al-Qaeda fighters and the Yemeni army as the Defense Ministry is launching its "decisive and historic" battle for eradicating terrorism in the south, said military and local sources.
Yemen Observer — Local residents in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital told the Yemen Observer’s reporters that they hear a huge explosion and saw tunnels of black smokes rising from the an area situated near the American Embassy and the National Security Headquarters, in Shawb district in the eastern section of the city.
Yemen Observer — According to the Security Information Center (SIC), a warship, allegedly Turkish would have opened fire onto Yemeni fishing boats on Saturday and held the crew prisoners for eight hours.
Yemen Observer — Abdu al-Ganadi, the deputy Information Minister and spokesperson for the General People’s Congress, aka the ruling party, announced on Wednesday at a press conference that his political faction was preparing for the removal of its loyalists’ tents, in a show of good faith and according to the principles exposed in the power-transfer agreement.
Yemen Observer — According to officials in Washington, the White house would have decided to resume its military training program in Yemen by sending back its “specialists” hoping to help the Yemeni armed forces to fight back al-Qaeda militants and thwart yet more terrorist attacks.
Yemen Observer — Wild reports are circulating this Tuesday in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a over claims that al-Qaeda militants in Yemen were planning to bomb a U.S plane using yet another underwear bomber in a bid to bring its fight to American soil.
Yemen Observer — Tensions are mounting in Yemen’s Northern provinces in between, al-Houthis, a Shia rebel group advocating a return to the ancestral rule of the Imams and hence a break from the Republic, and Salafis, Sunni radicals.
Yemen Observer — Ansar al-Sharia, an off shoot of al-Qaeda in Yemen requested a truce with the Yemeni government, asking President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi to recall his troops and begin negotiating with the group.
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