Asa Fitch

Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:26
The blast ripped through Yahya Asabah’s house, spraying glass from windows and scattering rubble across the upstairs floor where he sat with his wife and daughter. Downstairs, his son, a vegetable-seller in the Old City of Yemen’s capital, San’a, was among at least 12 people killed when the house next door collapsed.
Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 06:24
Yemen’s Prime Minister Khaled Bahah arrived in the southern port city of Aden Wednesday after months of exile in Saudi Arabia.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 06:38
Top-level Obama administration envoys met secretly last week for the first time with Yemen’s Houthi rebels and pressed for a cease-fire in their country and the release of Americans detained by the group, according to U.S. and Arab officials.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 07:06
The U.S. sent a Navy destroyer to the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian patrol boats seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship amid signs Tehran is stepping up harassment of commercial traffic in the gateway to the Persian Gulf, American officials said.
Friday, March 13, 2015 - 07:36
Two people died and eight were injured Thursday after demonstrations against the rule of Yemen’s Houthis in the central city of Al Baitha turned violent, local officials said.
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 06:38
Deadly Operation Comes Amid U.S. Concerns That Its Counterterrorism Operations in Yemen Are Being Hindered by the instability.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 07:42
Persian Gulf nations, which are pumping billions of dollars into Egypt during its rocky political transition, appear set to exert a stronger influence on the country following President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi's election.