Ali Abdullah Saleh

...rally in April marking the 1994 civil war, in which an attempt by the south to secede was quashed by the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had led the north to unification with the south. People in the south, home to most of...

In this article: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Associated Press

...of the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies, Qatar. OTHER PROBLEMS - THE SOUTH President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who took power in the former North Yemen in 1978 and has been president since a merger with the...

In this article: Yemen, Al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, and Foreign Policy magazine

...has killed several thousand people, uprooted 175,000 and directly challenged the ability of Yemen's three-decade president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to maintain his rule over this wild and rugged land. Despite relentless air bombardment of the...

In this article: Yemen, Middle East, Al-qaida, and UN

...him liberated in three days," the sheikh said. The kidnappers were distrustful because a previous promise by President Ali Abdullah Saleh to release a detainee was not fulfilled, sources close to them said. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio...

In this article: Al-Qaeda, Yemen, Yukio Hatoyama, US, Detainee, and Osama bin Laden

...in a republican coup in 1962. The third most prized jambia in the Arabian peninsula state belongs to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to the newspaper, but its origins and value have not been disclosed. The jambia, worn on an...

In this article: Yemen, Endangered species, and China

...malfunctions and crashed. Yemeni officials have claimed the battle was nearly won, only to be followed by President Ali Abdullah Saleh saying that the war "has just begun." One thing is clear: The conflict has left tens of thousands...

In this article: Yemen, Al-qaida, Iran, God, U.S. State Department, Hezbollah, and Saudi Arabia

...should regard the Islamic Republic as the leader of jihad against the US-led "infidel." At first, Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh (a general who has ruled the country for 30 years), dismissed the rebellion as a "minor headache" and...

In this article: Yemen, Iran, Tehran, Jihad, Hezbollah, Middle East, and Lebanon

...09, 2009 Soldiers in northern Yemen take positions in a fight against Shi'ite rebels in the fall of 2009 Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, flew into the Gulf of Aden on Nov. 7 to celebrate the first exports of liquefied natural gas...

In this article: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Liquefied natural gas, Eurasia Group, Al-Qaeda, Arabian Peninsula, and Suicide

By Carola Hoyos at Balhaf, Yemen Published: November 10 2009 20:08 | Last updated: November 10 2009 20:08 When Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen's long-standing president, pushed the button to signal the departure of the country's first tanker...

In this article: Yemen, Total, Liquefied natural gas, Hyundai, Natural gas, and Hunt Petroleum

...Hussein was elected to parliament in 1993. Saada remained neglected economically by the Sanaa government. * President Ali Abdullah Saleh, himself a Zaydi, at first used the Houthis to counter-balance the Salafi groups. The government...

In this article: Yemen, Sa'dah, Islam, U.S., Hezbollah, and Al Qaeda