Yemen-Saudi Skirmishes Threaten a Wider Conflict

Saudi forces began a series of air raids against the Yemeni rebels last week [AFP]

From Time Magazine:

Yemen's President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, flew into the Gulf of Aden on Nov. 7 to celebrate the first exports of liquefied natural gas from a sprawling $4.5 billion plant — the biggest ever investment in his otherwise impoverished desert country. A brass band played and politicians applauded the gas tanker as it set sail for South Korea, but Saleh's attention was elsewhere — on the attacks that Saudi Arabia's military forces were waging against antigovernment Shi'ite rebels in the north of Yemen. The rebels "are trying to demolish the economy," Saleh tells TIME, vowing, "We will crush them."

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More News On Yemen

Yemen rebels show 'seized' Saudi -- Al Jazeera
Yemen-Saudi Skirmishes Threaten a Wider Conflict -- Daily Star
Yemen rebels post video of alleged Saudi prisoner -- Reuters
Saudi soldiers killed retaking border village from Huthi rebels -- Times Online
Saudis 'push back Yemen rebels' -- BBC
Four Saudi soldiers missing in Yemen rebels fight -- AFP
Yemen warns rebels -- Financial Times

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