ANTI-ISLAM FILM REPORTEDLY SPARKS NEW PROTESTS
September 13, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Violent protests reportedly sparked by the anti-Islam film The Innocence of Muslims, produced in the United States, spread to Yemen today (Thursday) as an angry mob chanting “Death to America” attempted to storm the American embassy in Sana’a. While the demonstrators were able to break through a line of security forces at the gate, they […]
AL-JAZEERA COMES UNDER ATTACK IN YEMEN
March 25, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Yemen has become the latest country in the Middle East to crack down on al-Jazeera journalists covering political unrest in the region. On Thursday authorities there withdrew accreditation of all reporters, cameramen and other staffers working for the Arab news network and ordered that their offices in the country be closed. Appearing on the channel, […]