Summer Ahmed was born in Aden, Yemen. She grew up in Michigan, but keeps her Adeni connection. In fact, she is the social media voice of the southern Yemeni separatists who have seized power in Aden.
American photojournalist Luke Somers has two days to live, if al-Qaeda in Yemen makes good on its threat to kill him. One of Somers' friends believes that's partially thanks to a failed rescue mission last month by US Navy SEALs that may have provoked his captors instead.
A protest in Sana'a led by a northern Yemeni tribe, the Houthis, became a military assault on the capital over the weekend. Now a UN-brokered peace deal will allow the Houthis into power and end the fighting, but the situation remains complex with sectarian and tribal disputes still simmering.
The Houthi insurgency may be low on the radar of American worries in Yemen, the but the Shiite group is now in the streets of the capital and fighting government forces. And that battle could hand an opportunity to the group Western nations are focused on: al-Qaeda.
One of the largest military offensives against al-Qaeda in Yemen, involving US air strikes and Yemeni ground troops, began about three weeks ago. At the same time, there's been an uptick in the number of attacks, kidnappings and assassinations in Yemen's capital. But the number of Western journalists there to cover it has dwindled to zero in recent days.
A journalist, who is an expert on al-Qaeda, has been released from prison in Yemen despite concern and disappointment from Washington over his alleged involvement with the terrorist group in the Arabian Peninsula.
Demonstrators in Yemen broke into the US embassy there today, to protest an American made movie they deem blasphemous. The riot comes two days after riots at US diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt.
A powerful car bomb struck the motorcade of Yemen's defense minister in the capital of Sanaa. The bombing comes a day after Yemeni authorities announced the death of the No. 2 leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.